Services and Costs - Amazon AWS

Cost to Complete: The total cost of running Studio in the Cloud will vary depending ... Service usage and cost: AWS pricing is based on your usage of each ... DeveloperCenter/GettingStarted/Hands-on /... ProjectsonAWS: StudiointheCloudforDigitalContentCreation Learnhowtosetupcloud-basedvirtualworkstations,cloudstorage,andcloudrendering GetStartedwiththeImplementationGuide AddonTutorialstoAdvanceyourStudiointheCloud 7Steps|About8hours Main ServicesUsedandCosts FAQs CosttoComplete:ThetotalcostofrunningStudiointheCloudwillvarydependingonyourneedsandconfiguration.Ifyoucompletetheimplementationguidetutorialsinatimeframesimilartowhatisestimatedforeachstep,andthatyourequireaminimumamountofstorageandcomputetime,weestimatethatthecosttocompletethetutorialswillnotexceed$150-200USD.ThetotalcostofyourStudiointheClouddependsonhowmanyhoursitisrunningandhowmuchofeachserviceyouconsume.Itemssuchassharedcloudstorageandrenderhourscanvarywidelydependingonyourparticularusecase.Inaddition,costsforAWSservicesdifferslightlyfromRegiontoRegion.Thisestimateexcludesthelicensingcostsforadditionalsoftwarethatyouchoosetouse.Foramoreaccurateestimateofyourcost,werecommendusingtheAWSPricingCalculator,whichfactorsinthepricingforyourparticularRegion.  Serviceusageandcost:AWSpricingisbasedonyourusageofeachindividualservice.Thetotalcombinedusageofeachservicewillcreateyourmonthlybill.Explorethetabsbelowtolearnwhateachservicedoes.  AmazonElasticComputeCloud AmazonEC2AutoScaling AmazonVirtualPrivateCloud AmazonFSxforWindowsFileServer AWSDirectoryService AWSSecretsManager AmazonElasticComputeCloud AmazonElasticComputeCloud Description:AmazonElasticComputeCloud(AmazonEC2)isawebservicethatprovidessecure,resizablecomputecapacityinthecloud.Itisdesignedtomakeweb-scalecloudcomputingeasierfordevelopers.AmazonEC2’ssimplewebserviceinterfaceallowsyoutoobtainandconfigurecapacitywithminimalfriction.ItprovidesyouwithcompletecontrolofyourcomputingresourcesandletsyourunonAmazon’sprovencomputingenvironment. HowPricingWorks: AmazonEC2isfreetotry.TherearefivewaystopayforAmazonEC2instances:On-Demand,SavingsPlans,ReservedInstances,andSpotInstances.YoucanalsopayforDedicatedHostswhichprovideyouwithEC2instancecapacityonphysicalserversdedicatedforyouruse.PleasevisittheAmazonEC2pricingpage formoreinformation. Example:Inthisproject,you'lluseAmazonEC2instancesasvirtualworkstationsforusermanagement,renderschedulingandcontentcreation.Inaddition,you'llbeconfiguringEC2instancesasworkersforyourenderfarmusinganEC2SpotInstancerequest. AmazonEC2AutoScaling AmazonEC2AutoScaling Description:AmazonEC2AutoScalinghelpsyoumaintainapplicationavailabilityandallowsyoutoautomaticallyaddorremoveEC2instancesaccordingtoconditionsyoudefine.YoucanusethefleetmanagementfeaturesofEC2AutoScalingtomaintainthehealthandavailabilityofyourfleet.YoucanalsousethedynamicandpredictivescalingfeaturesofEC2AutoScalingtoaddorremoveEC2instances.DynamicscalingrespondstochangingdemandandpredictivescalingautomaticallyschedulestherightnumberofEC2instancesbasedonpredicteddemand.Dynamicscalingandpredictivescalingcanbeusedtogethertoscalefaster.  HowPricingWorks:AmazonEC2AutoScalingfeatureshavenoadditionalfeesbeyondtheservicefeesforAmazonEC2,CloudWatch(forscalingpolicies),andtheotherAWSresourcesthatyouuse.Visitthepricingpageofeachservicetolearnmore. Example: Inthisproject,AmazonEC2AutoScalingallowstherenderfarmyoucreatetoautomaticallygrowandshrinkcapacitybasedonyourusage.Thishelpsyoucontrolrendercostssinceyouwon'tbepayingforextraidlecapacitythatyou'renotusing. AmazonVirtualPrivateCloud AmazonVirtualPrivateCloud Description:AmazonVirtualPrivateCloud(AmazonVPC)letsyouprovisionalogicallyisolatedsectionoftheAWSCloudwhereyoucanlaunchAWSresourcesinavirtualnetworkthatyoudefine.Youhavecompletecontroloveryourvirtualnetworkingenvironment,includingselectionofyourownIPaddressrange,creationofsubnets,andconfigurationofroutetablesandnetworkgateways.YoucanusebothIPv4andIPv6inyourVPCforsecureandeasyaccesstoresourcesandapplications.  HowPricingWorks:Formoreinformation,seetheAmazonVPCpricingpage. Example: Inthisproject,you'lluseAmazonVPCasthecontainerforallthevirtualworkstations,sharedstorageandrenderfarmworkersthatyouwillcreateinthetutorials.BecauseitisisolatedfromothervirtualnetworksonAWS,theVPCkeepsyourdatasecure,whilealsoallowingyouruserstoshareresources. AmazonFSxforWindowsFileServer AmazonFSxforWindowsFileServer Description:AmazonFSxforWindowsFileServerprovidesfullymanaged,highlyreliablefilestoragethatisaccessibleovertheindustry-standardServerMessageBlock(SMB)protocol.ItisbuiltonWindowsServer,deliveringawiderangeofadministrativefeaturessuchasuserquotas,end-userfilerestore,andMicrosoftActiveDirectory(AD)integration.Itofferssingle-AZandmulti-AZdeploymentoptions,fullymanagedbackups,andencryptionofdataatrestandintransit.AmazonFSxfilestorageisaccessiblefromWindows,Linux,andMacOScomputeinstancesanddevicesrunningonAWSoronpremises.  HowPricingWorks:WithAmazonFSxforWindowsFileServer,youpayonlyfortheresourcesyouuse.Therearenominimumfeesorset-upcharges.Youpayforthestorageandthroughputcapacitythatyouspecifyforyourfilesystem,andforanybackupsofyourfilesystem.Standarddatatransferfeesapplyforinter-AZorinter-regionaccesstofilesystems.Formoreinformation,pleasevisittheAmazonFSxforWindowsFileServerpricingpage. Example: Inthisproject,you'lluseAmazonFSxforWindowsFileServerasthesharedstoragespaceforyourstudio.Inthetutorials,youuseittohostuserprofiles,applicationconfigurationfiles,aswellasyourprojectdata.AmazonFSxisagreatfitforproductionpipelinesasitisnotonlyhighperformance,butalsoautomatesmanyadministrationtasks,soyouhavemoretimeforcontentcreation. AWSDirectoryService AWSDirectoryService Description:AWSDirectoryServiceforMicrosoftActiveDirectory,alsoknownasAWSManagedMicrosoftAD,enablesyourdirectory-awareworkloadsandAWSresourcestousemanagedActiveDirectoryintheAWSCloud.AWSManagedMicrosoftADisbuiltonactualMicrosoftActiveDirectoryanddoesnotrequireyoutosynchronizeorreplicatedatafromyourexistingActiveDirectorytothecloud.YoucanusestandardActiveDirectoryadministrationtoolsandtakeadvantageofbuilt-inActiveDirectoryfeatures,suchasGroupPolicyandsinglesign-on(SSO).WithAWSManagedMicrosoftAD,youcaneasilyjoinAmazonEC2andAmazonRDSforSQLServerinstancestoyourdomain,anduseAWSEnterpriseITapplicationssuchasAmazonWorkSpaceswithActiveDirectoryusersandgroups. HowPricingWorks:WithAWSDirectoryService,youpayonlyforthetypeandsizeofthemanageddirectorythatyouuse.Thereisnoup-frontcommitmentandnominimumfee.Youcandeleteyourmanageddirectoryatanytime.Formoreinformation,pleasevisittheAWSDirectoryServicespricingpage. Example: Inthisproject,you'lluseAWSManagedMicrosoftADtomanageuseraccountsandprofilesforyourstudio.Inaddition,itisalsousedtoauthenticateaccesstoyourAmazonFSxfilesystem,whichhelpskeepyourdatasecure. AWSSecretsManager AWSSecretsManager Description:AWSSecretsManagerhelpsyouprotectsecretsneededtoaccessyourapplications,services,andITresources.Theserviceenablesyoutoeasilyrotate,manage,andretrievedatabasecredentials,APIkeys,andothersecretsthroughouttheirlifecycle.UsersandapplicationsretrievesecretswithacalltoSecretsManagerAPIs,eliminatingtheneedtohardcodesensitiveinformationinplaintext.  HowPricingWorks:WithSecretsManager,youpaybasedonthenumberofsecretsstoredandAPIcallsmade.Therearenoupfrontcostsorlong-termcontracts.Yousimplypayforusage,withoutincurringcostsrelatedtoinfrastructure,licensing,andpersonnelrequiredtoensureyoursecretsarereliablyandhighlyavailable. YoucantryAWSSecretsManageratnoadditionalchargewitha30-dayfreetrial.Thefreetrialenablesyoutorotate,manage,andretrievesecretsoverthe30-dayperiod.Yourfreetrialstartswhenyoustoreyourfirstsecret. AWSSecretsManagercarriesachargeof$0.40persecretpermonth(intheUSEast(N.Virginia)Region).Formoreinformation,pleasevisittheAWSSecretsManagerpricingpage. Example: Inthisproject,you'lluseAWSSecretsManagertostoreconfidentialinformation,likeadministratorpasswords,thatareusedtoconnecttootherservices,suchasAWSDirectoryService.Thisallowsyoutosetupyourstudio,whileatthesametimekeepingthatvitalinformationsecure. GetStartedwiththeImplementationGuide EndingSupportforInternetExplorer Gotit AWSsupportforInternetExplorerendson07/31/2022.SupportedbrowsersareChrome,Firefox,Edge,andSafari. Learnmore» Gotit