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Auto Scaling AWS Resources

Do you want to stop guessing how much capacity you need for your EC2 instances, containers, and databases, and still have a performant environment? This course will teach you what Auto Scaling means and why it is important.

Peter Van der Weerd - Pluralsight course - Auto Scaling AWS Resources
by Peter Van der Weerd

What you'll learn

Stop guessing capacity and automatically scale resources to keep performance up and costs down. In this course, Auto Scaling AWS Resources, you’ll learn to manage some common AWS resources, like EC2 Instances, containers, and databases with regards to Auto Scaling. First, you’ll explore what Auto Scaling is and why it is needed. Next, you’ll discover which resources are candidates for Auto Scaling. Finally, you’ll learn how to manage the Auto Scaling functions and features of common AWS Resources. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of AWS Auto Scaling needed to plan and execute Auto Scaling several resource types.

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About the author

Peter Van der Weerd - Pluralsight course - Auto Scaling AWS Resources
Peter Van der Weerd

Peter is a old time RedHat Certified Engineer, Solaris and HP-UX certified administrator, Linux Certified Professional, NetApp Certified Data Administrator, SAN Implementation Engineer and NetApp DataProtection Engineer. He has recently picked up cloud computing, focusing on the storage side of the cloud as an Amazon Certified Solutions Architect.

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