Control: AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Performance Efficiency

Primary Policies

The following policies can be used to configure this control:

• Performance Efficiency
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture? > Benchmark existing workloads
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture? > Factor cost requirements into decisions
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture? > Understand the available services and resources
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture? > Use guidance from your cloud provider or an appropriate partner
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture? > Load test your workload
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture? > Define a process for architectural choices
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 01. How do you select the best performing architecture? > Use policies or reference architectures
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 02. How do you select your compute solution?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 02. How do you select your compute solution? > Collect compute-related metrics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 02. How do you select your compute solution? > Understand the available compute configuration options
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 02. How do you select your compute solution? > Use the available elasticity of resources
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 02. How do you select your compute solution? > Evaluate the available compute options
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 02. How do you select your compute solution? > Determine the required configuration by right-sizing
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 02. How do you select your compute solution? > Re-evaluate compute needs based on metrics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 03. How do you select your storage solution?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 03. How do you select your storage solution? > Evaluate available configuration options
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 03. How do you select your storage solution? > Make decisions based on access patterns and metrics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 03. How do you select your storage solution? > Understand storage characteristics and requirements
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 04. How do you select your database solution?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 04. How do you select your database solution? > Choose data storage based on access patterns
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 04. How do you select your database solution? > Collect and record database performance metrics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 04. How do you select your database solution? > Evaluate the available options
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 04. How do you select your database solution? > Optimize data storage based on access patterns and metrics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 04. How do you select your database solution? > Understand data characteristics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution? > Leverage load-balancing and encryption offloading
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution? > Evaluate available networking features
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution? > Choose appropriately sized dedicated connectivity or VPN for hybrid workloads
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution? > Choose your workload’s location based on network requirements
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution? > Optimize network configuration based on metrics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution? > Choose network protocols to improve performance
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 05. How do you configure your networking solution? > Understand how networking impacts performance
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 06. How do you evolve your workload to take advantage of new releases?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 06. How do you evolve your workload to take advantage of new releases? > Define a process to improve workload performance
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 06. How do you evolve your workload to take advantage of new releases? > Evolve workload performance over time
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 06. How do you evolve your workload to take advantage of new releases? > Stay up-to-date on new resources and services
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 07. How do you monitor your resources to ensure they are performing?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 07. How do you monitor your resources to ensure they are performing? > Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure workload performance
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 07. How do you monitor your resources to ensure they are performing? > Use monitoring to generate alarm-based notifications
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 07. How do you monitor your resources to ensure they are performing? > Monitor and alarm proactively
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 07. How do you monitor your resources to ensure they are performing? > Record performance-related metrics
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 07. How do you monitor your resources to ensure they are performing? > Analyze metrics when events or incidents occur
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 07. How do you monitor your resources to ensure they are performing? > Review metrics at regular intervals
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 08. How do you use tradeoffs to improve performance?
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 08. How do you use tradeoffs to improve performance? > Understand the areas where performance is most critical
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 08. How do you use tradeoffs to improve performance? > Learn about design patterns and services
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 08. How do you use tradeoffs to improve performance? > Use various performance-related strategies
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 08. How do you use tradeoffs to improve performance? > Measure the impact of performance improvements
• Performance Efficiency > PERF 08. How do you use tradeoffs to improve performance? > Identify how tradeoffs impact customers and efficiency

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Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/control/types/perf

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/turbot#/control/categories/other

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/control/types/perf") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/control/types/perf'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/control/types/perf"