SAP-C02 Question 120
Select 4A company runs multiple AWS accounts under an AWS Organization and is looking to optimize costs while gaining better visibility into usage. They want to implement a strategy to monitor and allocate costs effectively across business units and projects while also identifying unused resources. Which combination of actions will help achieve these goals?
- A
Enable AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) and configure it to be delivered to an Amazon S3 bucket.
- B
Set up AWS Budgets to track spending and assign alerts for exceeding thresholds.
- C
Use AWS Trusted Advisor to identify unused or underutilized resources, such as EC2 or RDS instances.
- D
Enable Consolidated Billing in AWS Organizations and apply tags to resources for cost allocation.
- E
Use EC2 Spot Instances exclusively to reduce costs across the organization.
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Correct answers: A, B, C, D
Explanation
To optimize costs and improve visibility, the company should use a combination of AWS tools and features. AWS Cost and Usage Reports provide detailed spending data, while AWS Budgets helps track and control costs. Trusted Advisor identifies opportunities to reduce waste. Consolidated Billing and tagging enable proper cost allocation. Using Spot Instances exclusively is not a comprehensive strategy and may not suit all workloads.
- A. Correct.
Enabling AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) provides detailed data on resource usage and costs, which is essential for analyzing and optimizing costs across accounts.
- B. Correct.
AWS Budgets is a powerful tool to monitor spending and set up alerts when thresholds are exceeded, enabling better financial control.
- C. Correct.
AWS Trusted Advisor can identify unused or underutilized resources, helping to reduce waste and optimize costs.
- D. Correct.
Consolidated Billing in AWS Organizations allows sharing of volume discounts across accounts, and applying tags enables granular cost allocation for business units and projects.
- E. Incorrect.
While EC2 Spot Instances can reduce costs, using them exclusively may not be practical for all workloads and does not address the need for visibility or cost allocation.