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6 pillars · 307 best practices

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Written and maintained by Cloudvisor, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner in the AWS Well-Architected Partner Program.

SEC 11 questions · 63 best practices

Security

Focus on protecting information, systems, and assets while delivering business value through risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
REL 13 questions · 65 best practices

Reliability

Ensure a workload performs its intended function correctly and consistently, including the ability to recover from failures.
COST 11 questions · 50 best practices

Cost Optimization

Avoid unnecessary costs and run systems to deliver business value at the lowest price point.
PERF 5 questions · 32 best practices

Performance Efficiency

Use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements and maintain efficiency as demand changes.
OPS 11 questions · 68 best practices

Operational Excellence

Run and monitor systems to deliver business value and continually improve supporting processes and procedures.
SUS 6 questions · 29 best practices

Sustainability

Minimize the environmental impacts of running cloud workloads through shared responsibility and resource optimization.

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