Discover smarter ways to optimise Amazon S3 costs

Explore how Amazon S3 helps reduce storage costs by examining lifecycle policies, Storage Class Analysis, S3 Storage Lens, CloudWatch monitoring, AWS billing tools, and cost forecasting techniques that support efficient and scalable cloud storage management.

Apply cost optimisation strategies across Amazon S3

Discover how Amazon S3 cost optimisation strategies, storage analytics, lifecycle management, monitoring tools, and budgeting practices help reduce costs while maintaining reliable and scalable cloud storage.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

Syllabus

Week 1
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Cost Optimization
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Cost Optimization
  In this activity, you will learn to optimize Amazon S3 costs using storage class analysis, lifecycle policies, and S3 Storage Lens. Monitor metrics, visualize analytics in QuickSight, and forecast spending using AWS Budgets.

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On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Identify how to implement and use lifecycle policies for effective cost savings
Explain and use Storage Class Analysis to inform the storage class choices for your data
Use Amazon S3 Storage Lens to obtain organization-wide visibility into usage and activity driving your costs
Learn to use AWS billing tools for understanding costs associated with Amazon S3
Monitor Amazon S3 storage and request metrics with Amazon CloudWatch

Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for cloud architects, storage architects, developers and operations engineers

Who developed the course?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the world’s most comprehensive cloud, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and scale more efficiently.

What's included?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

Unlimited access to this course

Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes

A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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