One of the highlights from Day 2, which packed with great sessions, was the talk on “Optimizing Workloads for Speed and Cost Using Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate” by Rachel Leekin and Praveen Edem. This session was super informative and covered a bunch of practical tips, including:
- Using AWS Compute Optimizer to right-size ECS tasks on Fargate, which can save you anywhere from 30-70%
- Why Compute Savings Plans are a no-brainer for keeping costs down
- The perks of Graviton instances and why staying on top of version upgrades is worth it
- How AWS Fargate Spot is a budget-friendly option if you’re okay with occasional interruptions
- Fine-tuning auto-scaling policies to get the most out of them, including the cool new predictive scaling feature for ECS
- Why container image size matters for both cost and performance, plus tips on keeping them lean by splitting build and runtime needs and ditching unnecessary libraries
- How SOCI (Seekable OCI) speeds up image pull times with lazy loading—though it’s worth noting it’s not the same as caching
If you would like to learn Ippon’s own take on the optimization of Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate for speed and costs, take a look at a blog from our Head of Cloud, Dennis Ruzeski: https://lnkd.in/giKBS9Cd
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A standout session from Day 2 at re:Invent was “Optimizing Workloads for Speed and Cost Using Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate” by Rachel Leekin and Praveen Edem. Some key tips included:
☑️ Save 30-70% by right-sizing tasks with AWS Compute Optimizer and using Compute Savings Plans.
☑️ Boost performance and reduce costs with Graviton instances and AWS Fargate Spot.
☑️ Optimize auto-scaling with the new predictive scaling feature.
☑️ Minimize container image sizes for better efficiency.
☑️ Use SOCI (Seekable OCI) to speed up image pulls with lazy loading.
If you couldn't attend this session, check out our article, by Dennis Ruzeski, for more insights: https://lnkd.in/giKBS9Cd
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3moGreat work, Dennis!