[Cialug] Managing costs for S3

[Tom Pohl]

You can setup billing alerts in AWS. Click on your name in the upper right hand side while logged into the AWS console and choose "Billing & Cost Management" then in the next screen choose Preferences and enable "Receive Billing Alters" and then click on the "Manage Billing Alerts" link to set them up.

They have great cost explorer tools that help estimate your projected current month charges.

-Tom


On 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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