[Cialug] Managing costs for S3

[David W. Body]

Amazon CloudWatch lets you set alarms based on various metrics, including
estimated billing charges.

https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/cloudwatch/


On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> I'm helping someone migrate a site from an old CMS to static files. I
> suggested Amazon S3, but she's concerned because if the site is flooded
> with traffic the costs could be unpredictable.
>
> Admittedly, the subject matter of her site is health related and disturbing
> to some, so I'd say she probably has a *slightly* higher chance than some
> to be at risk. (though I think using a VPS is more risky, even if the cost
> is more predictable)
>
> Has anyone used tools with AWS to help you stay alerted to unexpected costs
> like this? In the grand scheme of things, this project doesn't warrant it
> (we're talking a price difference of at most $60/year), but I do think it's
> an interesting problem.
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