In the next video, let’s hear from our SME as he explains the key takeaways from this session.
The key points from this video are summarised below:
- You can provision Redshift clusters within minutes.
- You can pause the Redshift cluster when it is not in use and resume when needed, thus saving costs.
- A 2-node Redshift cluster has 2 compute nodes (chargeable) and 1 master node which is offered free of cost.
- You can define different queues for different workloads through WLM.
- Redshift has automated snapshots (backups) which can also be scheduled.
Important Note:
Amazon Redshift is a costly service of AWS. Hence, to avoid burning up your monthly AWS budget, please make sure to Pause your Redshift cluster during the module week(when you’re learning/practising Redshift. However, you can also choose to terminate it if there is any kind of break while you are going through the module).
Please follow the following documents to pause and delete your Redshift cluster.