Cloud providers are businesses first. While their documentation is extensive, there are a few "unspoken truths" that architects learn the hard way. Here are three secrets to help you optimize your setup: 1. The "Default Settings" Tax
Use Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to cache data closer to users and keep as much traffic as possible within a single availability zone or region to avoid "inter-zone" transfer fees. 3. "Managed" Doesn't Mean "Optimized" 3 cloud architecture secrets your cloud provide...
Moving data into the cloud is almost always free, but moving it out (egress) or even between regions can be prohibitively expensive. Cloud providers are businesses first
Providers use egress fees as a form of "data gravity" to make it difficult for you to leave or adopt a multi-cloud strategy. 3 cloud architecture secrets your cloud provide...