Amazon S3

Serverless Refactoring Trade-offs | SAP-C02

27 December 2025·1271 words·6 mins

Architecture Drills AWS SAP-C02 FinOps Decision Matrix AWS Lambda Amazon S3 Amazon Rekognition Serverless SQS Operational Excellence

A professional-level analysis of refactoring a video upload and processing application from EC2-centric architecture to serverless, focusing on operational overhead reduction and FinOps optimization for AWS SAP-C02.

Static Site Hosting Cost Trade-offs | SAA-C03

27 December 2025·717 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills AWS SAA-C03 FinOps Decision Matrix Amazon S3 Static Website Hosting Cost Optimization

A comprehensive analysis of hosting options for static web content, comparing S3, EC2, Fargate, and Lambda approaches through the lens of cost optimization and architectural simplicity.

S3 Tiering Decisions for Lowest Cost | SAA-C03

25 December 2025·586 words·3 mins

Architecture Drills Cloud Provider (AWS) SAA-C03 FinOps Decision Matrix Amazon S3

This drill explores how to optimize cost while ensuring compliance and accessibility by selecting the appropriate S3 storage tiers and lifecycle transitions for varying access patterns.

S3 Storage Class Trade-off Logic | SAA-C03

25 December 2025·480 words·3 mins

Architecture Drills Cloud Provider AWS AWS SAA FinOps Decision Matrix Amazon S3

This drill explores choosing the best Amazon S3 storage class to balance availability, access patterns, and cost for a media startup’s digital asset storage.

Private S3 via VPC Endpoint Trade-offs | SAA-C03

14 December 2025·542 words·3 mins

Architecture Drills Cloud Provider AWS SAA-C03 FinOps VPC Endpoint Amazon S3 Security

A cloud application running on EC2 instances inside a VPC needs to privately access logs stored in Amazon S3 without internet connectivity. This drill explores how to securely enable S3 access by evaluating different AWS solution options.

Cross-Account S3 Access Trade-offs | SAA-C03

11 December 2025·636 words·3 mins

Architecture Drills Cloud Provider (AWS) AWS SAA-C03 FinOps Decision Matrix Amazon S3

A company wants to restrict an S3 bucket’s access only to users within its AWS Organization accounts with minimal operational overhead. We analyze four approaches to meet this requirement.