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A company's finance department wants to ensure they are getting maximum value from their newly purchased Compute Savings Plans. A SysOps administrator is tasked with setting up an automated notification that alerts the team if the utilization of these Savings Plans drops below 85%85\% over a daily tracking period. Which configuration should the SysOps administrator use to meet this requirement with the least administrative effort?

  1. A
    Create a cost budget in AWS Budgets, apply a filter for Savings Plans, set a static budget threshold of 85%85\% of the total monthly cost, and add an email notification.
  2. B
    Create a cost anomaly monitor in AWS Cost Anomaly Detection, set the detection threshold to 85%85\% of the Savings Plans value, and configure an email subscription for alerts.
  3. Create a Savings Plans utilization budget in AWS Budgets, set the utilization threshold to 85%85\%, specify a daily tracking period, and configure an Amazon SNS topic for notifications.Answer
  4. D
    Configure a Billing Alarm in Amazon CloudWatch using the `SavingsPlansUtilization` metric, set the threshold to 85%85\%, and associate it with an Amazon SNS topic.

Answer

Create a Savings Plans utilization budget in AWS Budgets, set the utilization threshold to 85%85\%, specify a daily tracking period, and configure an Amazon SNS topic for notifications.
AWS Budgets natively supports Savings Plans utilization budgets, which allow administrators to track the percentage of Savings Plans capacity that is being used. Setting a daily tracking period and a threshold of 85%85\% with an Amazon SNS topic satisfies the requirement with minimal overhead.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Navigate to the AWS Budgets console and choose to create a new budget.
Accesses the budget creation wizard.
AWS Budgets is the correct native tool for tracking cost, usage, or Savings Plans utilization thresholds.
2
Select the Savings Plans utilization budget type, then set the time period to daily and the threshold to 85%85\%.
Configures the budget to trigger when the average daily utilization of the Savings Plans falls below the target percentage.
Savings Plans utilization budgets are specifically designed to monitor how much of your Savings Plans commitment you are actively using.
3
Configure the alert threshold and associate it with an Amazon SNS topic or email address list for notifications.
Ensures that alerts are delivered immediately to the operations team when utilization drops below the threshold.
SNS integration allows for automated notification delivery when the threshold metric is breached.

Key Concept

AWS Budgets Savings Plans Utilization tracking
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