Cost-concerned architecture reviews specifically target the design and evaluation of cloud-based systems in terms of cost, without reducing performance, security, or reliability.
“For cloud computing, all architectural decisions come with a price tag,” says Daniel Kraft, VP of Business Development They enable early detection of unnecessary spending and contribute towards the development of financially sustainable systems.
- Right-sizing VMs, containers, serverless sizing computation
- Storage tiers & lifecycle policies
- The costs of networking --> hosting data transferring, NAT gateways, load balancers
- High availability & real business needs
- Scaling strategies (auto-scaling vs over-provisioning)
Why it matters
• Prevents cloud cost surprises
• Improves ROI on cloud investments
• Encourages smarter design decisions
• Aligns engineering with business goals
Good cloud architecture isn’t just secure and resilient. It’s cost-conscious by design.
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