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AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02)


Well Architected Framework

  • Stop guessing your capacity needs (use auto-scaling)
  • Test systems at production scale (for resiliency)
  • Allow for evolutionary architectures
  • Design based on changing requirements
  • Drive architectures using data
  • Load test your applications

Well Architected Pillars

  1. Operational Excellence
  2. Security
  3. Reliability
  4. Performance Efficiency
  5. Cost Optimization
  6. Sustainability

AWS Well Architected Tool

  • Free tool to review your architectures against the 6 pillars framework and adopt architectural best practices
  • How does it work?
    • Select your workload and answer questions
    • Review your answers against the 6 pillars
    • Obtain advice: get videos and documentations, generate a report, see the results in a dashboard

Last updated: 2022-05-13