Reliability or Optimize Cost? nOps’ automated well-architected assessment can help to make the right tradeoff

Automated well-architected assessments are critical for teams managing dynamic infrastructure. Business priorities change, and infrastructure must evolve to keep up. Automation makes it easy for developers and DevOps engineers to conduct assessments and remediate high-risk issues without slowing down delivery.

Not all workloads are created equal. Some must be optimized for reliability, others for cost. The right tools help visualize your infrastructure and identify gaps in mission-critical components.

Here’s how automated workload reviews can guide better decisions and tradeoffs:

Visualizing your workloads

Across hundreds of millions of dollars in cloud spend, one thing is clear: tagging is never perfect. That’s why grouping resources by VPC and surfacing the most expensive workloads first can paint a clearer picture. It’s common to uncover unused test workloads still incurring costs.

View the gaps in your workload and take actions

Workloads can be broken down by VPC → Availability Zones → Subnets → Resources. Clicking into each layer shows where high-risk issues exist, helping teams focus where it matters most

Reliability pillar

Mission-critical components need proper monitoring and alerting. When issues arise, the right people must be notified.

With subnet-level filtering, it’s easy to identify all resources lacking monitoring or notifications. Teams can quickly take action—creating a ticket or collaborating directly to resolve the risk.

In one example, two resources in a mission-critical subnet had no monitoring configured.

Complete well-architected assessment

Regular well-architected assessments provide a framework for evaluating workload tradeoffs. By mapping findings directly to the Well-Architected Tool, teams can see where they stand and prioritize improvements.

It’s a valuable opportunity to have strategic conversations about how to design resilient, efficient infrastructure.

We hope you see the power of nOps. nOps can help you to take the guesswork out of making the right tradeoffs, helping you answer a simple but tough question, is this workload well-architected?

JT Giri
CEO
nops.io

JT Giri is a father, husband, and entrepreneur. He focuses on building a culture that allows teams to reach their highest potential. He enjoys HIIT workouts, learning, and meditating.