4.11 Ensure infrastructure fits project requirements
Hosting, Infrastructure, and Systems
Maintain the infrastructure you require rather than over-provisioning and autoscale to meet demand instead to preserve hardware resources.
Criteria
- Lowest requirements: Human-testable
Select infrastructure that meets your requirements and customer agreements without over-provisioning. Favor standalone instances over multi-zone or distributed setups when requirements allow. Provision for average loads rather than peaks to ensure efficient resource use. Use autoscaling to handle fluctuations without underutilizing infrastructure.- AWS WAF – SUS02-BP02 – Align SLAs with sustainability goals
- AWS WAF – SUS02-BP06 – Implement buffering or throttling to flatten the demand curve
- AWS WAF – SUS04-BP08 – Back up data only when difficult to recreate
- Can Reducing Cloud Waste Help Save the Planet?
- Energy-Aware Process Scheduling in Linux (PDF)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.2 – Architecture (Resource Tailoring)
- Measuring the Emissions & Energy Footprint of the ICT Sector (PDF)
- Optimizing your AWS Infrastructure for Sustainability, Part I: Compute
- Study on the practical application of the new framework methodology for measuring the environmental impact of your equipment
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 6 – Water & Sanitation
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 7 – Sustainable Energy
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 9 – Infrastructure
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 12 – Consumption & Production
Benefits
- Environment
Reducing provisioned resources reduces wasted energy and water costs, even when resources are not used to capacity. - Operations
Keeping a closer eye on actual and anticipated use allows an organization to better understand its own functions and anticipate future needs. - Economic
Avoiding overprovisioning means avoiding unnecessary costs.
GRI
- Materials: Low
- Energy: Low
- Water: Low
- Emissions: Low