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Running Lean on AWS Once You’ve Made It
Ryan Park, Pinterest Operations

2.
QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Web Application
Servers
Internal
Web Services
Memcache MySQL Redis

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Architectural Principles QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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Architectural Principles QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Simplicity

5.
Architectural Principles QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Simplicity
• Flexibility

6.
Architectural Principles QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Simplicity
• Flexibility
• Scalability

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Architectural Principles QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Simplicity
• Flexibility
• Scalability
• Measurability

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Measuring and Understanding Your Costs QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Service Category July 2012 Aug 2012 Sep 2012
Amazon S3 Storage $3,880 $4,121 $4,903
Amazon EC2 Compute $6,505 $7,519 $10,709
Amazon RDS Compute $565 $913 $1461
Amazon data transfer Network $2,860 $3,025 $3,287
SendGrid Email $399 $399 $399
Total expense $14,209 $15,977 $20,759
Per 1000 users $245 $227 $280

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Measuring and Understanding Your Costs QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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Optimizing Amazon EC2 QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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Optimizing Amazon EC2 QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Reserved Instances
• Auto Scaling
• Spot Instances

12.
EC2 Reserved Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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EC2 Reserved Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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EC2 Reserved Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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EC2 Reserved Instance Types QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

16.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

17.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

18.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Prerequisite: Cloud-compatible architecture
• Automatic service discovery
• Automatic instance configuration

20.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Prerequisite: Cloud-compatible architecture
• Automatic service discovery
• Automatic instance configuration
• Scaling criteria
• Scale dynamically based on CloudWatch metrics
• Scale predictably according to a schedule that you define

21.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$

22.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-create-launch-config WebConfig
--image-id ami-3c994355 --instance-type m1.large

23.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-create-launch-config WebConfig
--image-id ami-3c994355 --instance-type m1.large
OK-Created launch config
[ryan@macbook:~]$

24.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-create-launch-config WebConfig
--image-id ami-3c994355 --instance-type m1.large
OK-Created launch config
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-create-auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--launch-configuration WebConfig
--availability-zones us-east-1a
--min-size 2 --max-size 5

25.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-create-launch-config WebConfig
--image-id ami-3c994355 --instance-type m1.large
OK-Created launch config
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-create-auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--launch-configuration WebConfig
--availability-zones us-east-1a
--min-size 2 --max-size 5
OK-Created AutoScalingGroup

26.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$

27.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-put-scheduled-update-group-action
WebMinNighttime --auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--recurrence "0 6 * * *" --desired-capacity 2

28.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-put-scheduled-update-group-action
WebMinNighttime --auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--recurrence "0 6 * * *" --desired-capacity 2
OK-Put Scheduled Update Group Action
[ryan@macbook:~]$

29.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-put-scheduled-update-group-action
WebMinNighttime --auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--recurrence "0 6 * * *" --desired-capacity 2
OK-Put Scheduled Update Group Action
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-put-scheduled-update-group-action
WebMaxDaytime --auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--recurrence "0 14 * * *" --desired-capacity 5

30.
EC2 Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-put-scheduled-update-group-action
WebMinNighttime --auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--recurrence "0 6 * * *" --desired-capacity 2
OK-Put Scheduled Update Group Action
[ryan@macbook:~]$ as-put-scheduled-update-group-action
WebMaxDaytime --auto-scaling-group WebGroup
--recurrence "0 14 * * *" --desired-capacity 5
OK-Put Scheduled Update Group Action

31.
EC2 Spot Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Instance Size On-Demand Price Spot Price Savings
(Nov. 20)
Standard Small $0.065 / hr $0.007 / hr 89%
Standard Large $0.260 / hr $0.026 / hr 90%
High-Memory Extra Large $0.450 / hr $0.035 / hr 92%
High-CPU Extra Large $0.660 / hr $0.070 / hr 89%
Cluster Compute
$1.300 / hr $0.260 / hr 80%
Quadruple Extra Large

32.
No Optimizations QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

33.
Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

34.
Auto Scaling and Reserved Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

35.
Auto Scaling, Reserved, and Spot Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

36.
No Optimizations QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

37.
Auto Scaling QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

38.
Auto Scaling and Reserved Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

39.
Auto Scaling, Reserved, and Spot Instances QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

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41.
Contact QuickTime™ and a
Planar RGB decompressor
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