AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)Cloud ConceptsMedium
A retail company uses the AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool to track emissions from its cloud workloads and consolidates underutilized servers to maximize hardware utilization, aiming to minimize environmental impact of its IT operations. Which Well-Architected Framework pillar addresses this goal?
- ASustainability
- BCost Optimization
- CSecurity
- DReliability
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Sustainability
The Sustainability pillar focuses on minimizing the environmental impacts of running cloud workloads, including maximizing resource utilization and tracking carbon footprint metrics. This is the sixth pillar added to the Well-Architected Framework.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Cost Optimization overlaps in efficiency but focuses on financial spend, not environmental impact.
- C. Security is unrelated to environmental concerns.
- D. Reliability focuses on system resilience, not sustainability.
Sustainability Pillar
A Well-Architected pillar focused on minimizing the environmental impacts of running cloud workloads.
- Uses Customer Carbon Footprint Tool
- Encourages maximizing utilization to reduce waste
- Sixth and newest Well-Architected pillar
Memory trick: Sustainability = Save the planet, not just money.