how to use cloudfront cost analyzer to track data transfer costs
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Amazon CloudFront was the preferred Content Distribution Network of a client who's core competency was video streaming. He used Cloudlytics Cost Analyzer to understand the data costs incurred with reference to the data transferred and thus in turn use these insights to forecast the data costs for the next time interval.TRANSCRIPT
Case Study
How to Use CloudFront Cost
Analyzer to Track the Data
Transfer Costs Incurred
About the Client
Bengaluru based Video Streaming
Company
– Services include –
• Video clips
• Trailers
• TV shows
• TV channels
• Mobile TV
Challenges
Major Challenges were to –
– Track the data transfer-out costs
– Track the total amount of data
transferred
– Understand user access patterns of
unique visitors globally
Why Cloudlytics ?
CloudFront Cost Analyzer –
– Calculates day-to-day CloudFront costs
– Provides detailed reports on –
• data transferred
• requests served
• data & request costs
– Recognize user access patterns with
reference to geographies
Customer’s Benefits?
The Customer could –
– Understand data transferred and distributed w.r.t edge locations & AWS Regions
– Understand user access patterns of the entertainment content
– Get a comprehensive report of data costs incurred through data transfer
– Verify the actual costs incurred & track the overall expense
– Get insights for its management team to forecast data costs for the next time interval
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