Networking & Content Delivery

Category: Cloud Cost Optimization

Optimizing data transfer costs when using AWS Network Load Balancer

Optimizing data transfer costs when using AWS Network Load Balancer

Following our previous post, Exploring Data Transfer Costs for AWS Network Load Balancers, this post explores architectural patterns to help optimize these expenses. Understanding inter-zone data transfer costs When network traffic flows across Amazon Web Services (AWS) Availability Zones (AZs), whether from clients to Network Load Balancers (NLBs) or from NLBs to targets, AWS applies […]

Reduce unexpected AWS costs: Tracing AWS billing charges with log correlation techniques

Reduce unexpected AWS costs: Tracing AWS billing charges with log correlation techniques

Imagine receiving an unexpected $1,200 Data Transfer Out (DTO) charge on your Amazon Web Services (AWS) bill. You know something generated significant outbound traffic, but you’re left wondering: which resource caused it? Where was the data sent? Was it legitimate application traffic or a security incident? This common challenge faces FinOps professionals, DevOps engineers, and […]