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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

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