Performance efficiency

The performance efficiency pillar includes the ability to use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements and to maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve. This section provides an overview of design principles, best practices, and questions. You can find further implementation guidance in the Performance Efficiency Pillar whitepaper.

Definitions

This whitepaper covers performance efficiency in the cloud, describing best practices in the following areas:

• Architecture selection

• Data management

• Networking and content delivery

• Process and culture

Design principles

The performance efficiency pillar focuses on the efficient use of resources to meet requirements and the maintenance of that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve. Performance optimization is not a one-time activity. It is an incremental and continual process of confirming business requirements, measuring the workload performance, identifying under-performing components, and tuning the components to meet your business needs. This section includes best practice considerations to maintain performance efficiency at the edge.

The following best practices are provided for customers with data residency requirements. Please use these to access your architecture in addition to the general best practices found in the Well-Architected Performance Efficiency Pillar.