Infrastructure Cost Optimization
Infrastructure Cost Optimization — Recording
Executive Summary
Infrastructure cost optimization review targeting the $14.2K/month AWS bill. Identified $3.2K in immediate savings from unused instances. Planned database right-sizing and spot instance implementation. EKS migration deferred to Q2.
Key Topics
AWS bill analysis: $14.2K/month — 23% from unused reserved instances
Database right-sizing opportunity: 3 oversized RDS instances identified
Container orchestration migration: ECS → EKS cost comparison
Spot instances for non-production workloads — estimated 60% savings
Related Topics
Decisions
Release 5 unused reserved instances immediately — saves $3,200/month
Downsize 3 RDS instances during February maintenance window
Defer EKS migration to Q2 — insufficient bandwidth in Q1
Implement spot instances for staging and dev environments
Action Items(2/4 done)
Release unused AWS reserved instances
Assigned to Alex Novak
Plan RDS right-sizing during Feb maintenance window
Assigned to Lin Wei
Set up spot instance fleet for non-prod workloads
Assigned to Alex Novak
Create monthly cloud cost dashboard in Grafana
Assigned to Lin Wei
People Notes
Alex found the reserved instance waste — great detective work
Lin Wei's Grafana dashboards are consistently excellent
Marcus provided useful context on database query patterns for right-sizing
Product Feedback
Engineering team wants visibility into per-team cloud costs
Request for automated alerts when spend exceeds budget thresholds