Cloud Benefits & Economics Match
MediumRace the clock — pair each term with its definition as fast as you can, then try to beat your best time. A quick, replayable warm-up for this set.
Shuffling the deck…
Terms in this set
- Elasticity Automatically adding or removing resources to match real-time demand.
- Scalability The ability to add or remove resources to handle a changing workload.
- High Availability Designing systems to stay operational with minimal downtime even when components fail.
- Reliability A workload's ability to perform its function correctly and recover from failures.
- CapEx vs OpEx Capital expenditure (upfront purchases) versus operational expenditure (ongoing pay-as-you-go costs).
- Economies of Scale Lower per-unit costs that AWS achieves by aggregating usage across many customers and passing savings on.
- Cost Optimization The practice of running systems to deliver business value at the lowest price point.