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Well-Architected Quick Reference
The AWS Well-Architected Framework is how AWS recommends you build cloud infrastructure. It has 6 pillars, each covering a critical area. This reference gives you the overview — our Architecture Review gives you the full assessment against your actual environment.
Operational Excellence
Run and monitor systems to deliver business value and continually improve.
✓ Use Infrastructure as Code for all deployments
✓ Make frequent, small, reversible changes
+ 3 more practices covered in a full review
Security
Protect information, systems, and assets through risk assessment and mitigation.
✓ Apply least-privilege access with IAM policies
✓ Encrypt data at rest and in transit
+ 3 more practices covered in a full review
Reliability
Ensure workloads perform their intended function correctly and consistently.
✓ Design for multi-AZ availability
✓ Implement auto-scaling for variable workloads
+ 3 more practices covered in a full review
Performance Efficiency
Use computing resources efficiently and maintain efficiency as demand changes.
✓ Right-size instances based on actual usage metrics
✓ Use caching to reduce latency and backend load
+ 3 more practices covered in a full review
Cost Optimization
Avoid unnecessary costs and understand where money is being spent.
✓ Use Savings Plans or Reserved Instances for steady-state
✓ Delete unused resources and set budget alerts
+ 3 more practices covered in a full review
Sustainability
Minimize environmental impact of running cloud workloads.
✓ Right-size resources to avoid waste
✓ Use Graviton processors for better performance per watt
+ 3 more practices covered in a full review
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