Definition

There are five best practice areas for performance efficiency in the cloud:

• Architecture selection

• Compute and hardware

• Data management

• Networking and content delivery

• Process and culture

Take a data-driven approach to building a high-performance architecture. Gather data on all aspects of the architecture, from the high-level design to the selection and configuration of resource types.

Reviewing your choices on a regular basis validates that you are taking advantage of the continually evolving AWS Cloud. Monitoring verifies that you are aware of any deviance from expected performance. Make trade-offs in your architecture to improve performance, such as using compression or caching, or relaxing consistency requirements.