Cost Optimization
If you like applying Cost Optimization, every challenge here gives you a chance to practice it on a real industry brief.
- AnalysisAdvancedNew
Cost-Optimize a Misshapen Kubernetes Cluster
Receive 30 days of cluster metrics (Prometheus + AWS Cost Explorer exports), Helm releases, and PodDisruptionBudgets per namespace. Profile: identify the top 3 cost drivers (lik…
- Kubernetes
- Cost Optimization
- Aws
Cloud Computing - AnalysisAdvancedNew
Cost-Profile a Spark Job at Scale and Cut the Bill in Half
Receive the PySpark job (around 1,800 lines), 5 nights of Spark UI + EMR metrics, and the EMR cluster config. Profile to find the top 3 cost drivers (likely candidates: skewed j…
- Spark
- Cost Optimization
- Etl Pipelines
Big Data and Data-Intensive Systems - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Cardinality and Cost Control on a Datadog-Based Gaming Platform
Receive an anonymized export of Datadog metric inventory (metric names, tag-cardinality counts, monthly cost per metric, team owner). Identify the top 30 cost-driver metrics, cl…
- Cardinality Control
- Datadog
- Cost Optimization
Software Observability
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