Cost
You are responsible for the cost of the AWS services used while running this solution. The total cost will depend on your activity. This depends on how long you keep your EC2 running, how much data you transfer into AWS, and other service costs that are associated with this solution. For example, this solution does not deploy an Amazon S3 bucket; however, it allows you to configure your own S3 bucket for media file storage.
The default EC2 this solution deploys is a g4dn.4xlarge EC2 instance for running Windows. As of this revision, the cost for running this solution with the default settings in the US East (N. Virginia) Region is $1,323.04 per month. This includes estimated charges for FSx for Windows File Server and Directory Service. To reduce cost, consider turning off your Windows EC2 instance when not in use. See the pricing webpage for each AWS service used in this solution.
We recommend creating
a budget
through AWS Cost Explorer
Sample cost table
The following table provides a sample cost breakdown for deploying this solution with the default parameters in the US East (N. Virginia) Region for one month.
| AWS service | Dimensions | Cost [USD] |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Directory Service |
Base price: Standard x 730 hours (entire month) |
$87.60 |
| Amazon EC2 |
On-Demand pricing: G4dn.4xlarge x 160 hours (work hours only) Outbound data transfer: 10 Mbps x 160 hours (work hours only) (4.5 GB x 160 hours) |
$192.64 $64.80 |
| Amazon FSx for Windows File Server |
Storage: 5 TB x $0.130 GB-month Throughput: 16 MBps x $4.50/MBps Backup: 5 TB x $0.050/GB |
$650.00 $72.00 $256.00 |
| Total: | $1,323.04 [USD]/month |
