An organization manages multiple AWS accounts in AWS Organizations. The company needs a daily alert to the architecture team when Amazon EC2 usage is more than 10% higher than the average EC2 usage over the previous 30 days. Which solution accomplishes this requirement?
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Correct answer: Configure AWS Budgets in the management account. Choose a usage-type budget for EC2 running hours with a daily period. Set the budget amount to 10% above the average usage for the last 30 days (as reported by AWS Cost Explorer). Configure an alert to notify the architecture team if the threshold is exceeded..
Why this is the answer
AWS Budgets is the correct solution because it directly supports usage-type budgets, allowing you to track and alert on specific resource consumption like EC2 running hours. By setting a daily budget threshold 10% above the 30-day average usage (which can be determined using AWS Cost Explorer), and configuring alerts, the architecture team will be notified precisely as required. AWS Cost Anomaly Detection focuses on identifying unexpected spending spikes, not specifically on a predefined usage threshold relative to a historical average. AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations and checks for cost optimization but doesn't offer custom usage-based alerting against a rolling average. Amazon Detective is a security service for investigating potential threats and anomalies, not for monitoring cost or usage against historical averages.
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