MD_CO 1 Understand costs associated with infrastructure options

• MD_CO01-BP01: How are you presenting the costs/benefit tradeoffs for infrastructure options? Clearly present the cost to benefit trade-offs when looking at all infrastructure options. When designing technology solutions, organisations need to balance delivering functional and non-functional requirements with the cost associated with doing so. It is important that the cost to benefit ratio is assessed and understood. The assessment should take into account the strategic drivers for the organisation. Within the public sector, for example, value-for-money in terms of social, environmental, and public benefits is important. For some Māori customers, security, resilience, and sustainability may be key considerations.

  • An example may be an organisation wanting to store data close to the source for latency reasons. An AWS Outpost can help meet those requirements. An AWS Outpost is a managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to customer premises. However, there are several considerations when using an AWS Outpost. An Outpost has a limited set of AWS services available compared to the 200+ services available in an AWS Region. This consideration may impact how you design your architecture. An AWS Outpost is a physical device that needs to be built, shipped, and installed within a datacentre that meets certain physical requirements. This can be done with a third-party data centre, but there is a cost associated with renting space.