Cloud Platforms

AWS Services and Best Practices

Compute Services

• EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): Virtual servers in the cloud

  • Use instance types appropriate for workload requirements
  • Implement Auto Scaling Groups for elasticity
  • Use Spot Instances for fault-tolerant, interruptible workloads
  • Leverage EC2 Fleet for diverse instance strategies

• Lambda: Serverless compute service

  • Ideal for event-driven architectures
  • Use for short-lived, stateless functions
  • Implement dead-letter queues for failed invocations
  • Monitor with CloudWatch metrics and logs