ADVCOST02-BP02 Use compression to reduce network traffic and storage costs
Using compression can reduce the amount of data transferred thus reducing network and storage costs.
Implementation guidance
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Use GZIP compression before transferring data to Amazon S3
to reduce traffic between Availability Zones and Regions, as well as traffic to the internet. -
Use snappy compression for Amazon Kinesis
Data Streams to reduce the amount of data stored and transferred. -
Implement HTTP/2 for Application Load Balancers
, Amazon API Gateway compression, and Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) . -
For databases, consider the following compression techniques to reduce storage costs:
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Column-level compression
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Table-level compression
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Backup compression
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Query result compression
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Index compression
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Implement replication compression to reduce data transfer costs.
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Monitor the impact of compression on CPU utilization, and verify that the increased CPU costs do not exceed the network transfer costs saved.
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