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The cloud offers businesses of all sizes a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective platform to run their applications. But with great power comes great responsibility. Building well-architected cloud applications is essential for ensuring that your applications are secure, reliable, and performant.
The AWS Well-Architected Framework is a non-prescriptive set of best practices that can help you design, build, and run your cloud applications in a way that meets your business needs. The framework is organized around six pillars:
In this blog post, I will take a closer look at each of these pillars and discuss how you can use them to build better cloud applications.
Operational Excellence
Operational excellence is the ability to support development and run workloads effectively, gain insight into their operation, and continuously improve supporting processes and procedures to delivery business value.
The following are some of the key design principles of operational excellence:
Security
Security is the ability to protect data, systems, and assets to take advantage of cloud technologies to improve your security posture.
The following are some of the key design principles of security:
Reliability
Reliability is the ability to build systems that can recover from failures and continue to operate even under adverse conditions.
The following are some of the key design principles of reliability:
Performance Efficiency
Performance efficiency is the ability to deliver the best possible performance for your users by optimizing your resources and using the right tools.
The following are some of the key design principles of performance efficiency:
Cost Optimization
Cost optimization is the ability to control your cloud spending without sacrificing performance or functionality.
The following are some of the key design principles of cost optimization:
Sustainability
Sustainability is the use of cloud resources in a way that is environmentally responsible.
The following are some of the key design principles of sustainability:
By following the AWS Well-Architected Framework, you can build cloud applications that are secure, reliable, performant, cost-effective, and sustainable. The framework is a valuable tool for any business that is looking to get the most out of the cloud.
I hope this blog post has been helpful. Thank you for reading!
BFSI-Solution Architect
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