AWS Compute Optimizer

AWS Compute Optimizer is a service that helps you optimize your AWS compute resources by providing recommendations based on your usage patterns. It analyzes your historical usage data and provides recommendations to help you right-size your compute resources, improving performance and reducing costs.

Key Features

Resource Recommendations: AWS Compute Optimizer provides recommendations for instance types and sizes based on your workload's historical usage data.
Detailed Reports: Access detailed reports on your current resource usage and performance, helping you understand how to improve efficiency.
Cost Savings: Optimize your AWS resources to reduce costs by choosing the most appropriate instance types and sizes.
Integration with AWS Cost Explorer: View cost savings recommendations alongside your AWS Cost Explorer data for better budget management.
Support for Various Resource Types: Recommendations are available for EC2 instances, Auto Scaling groups, and Amazon ECS tasks.

Architecture Overview

The following diagram illustrates how AWS Compute Optimizer analyzes and provides recommendations for your compute resources:

AWS Compute Optimizer Architecture Diagram

Data Collection: AWS Compute Optimizer collects and analyzes your historical resource usage data.
Recommendations Engine: Based on usage patterns, the engine generates recommendations for optimal resource types and sizes.
Reports and Dashboards: Provides detailed reports and visualizations to help you understand and act on the recommendations.

Use Cases

Cost Optimization: Reduce your AWS spending by identifying underutilized or over-provisioned resources and switching to more appropriate instance types.
Performance Improvement: Enhance the performance of your applications by choosing instances that better match your workload's needs.
Resource Planning: Use recommendations to plan for future resource needs and make informed decisions about scaling your infrastructure.

Integration with Other AWS Services

AWS Compute Optimizer integrates with several AWS services to provide a comprehensive resource optimization solution:

AWS Cost Explorer: View cost-saving recommendations alongside your cost and usage data to better manage your budget.
AWS Auto Scaling: Implement Compute Optimizer's recommendations to adjust your Auto Scaling groups and optimize resource allocation.
Amazon CloudWatch: Use CloudWatch metrics to monitor your resource usage and performance, which are analyzed by Compute Optimizer.
AWS Lambda: Leverage recommendations for Lambda functions to optimize the performance and cost of serverless workloads.