Patterns and guidelines are set for the architecture of how data is processed, stored, moved and used, emphasizing automation to drive standard patterns; solution design guidelines optimize functionality and cost while meeting security, integrity and availability constraints; the cost drivers cloud solution requirements must address (such as retention, availability and sovereignty) are identified and approved; and usage and cost transparency metrics are defined and captured to support management decisions and oversight. Guidance encourages decoupling compute and storage, automated and standardized data movement, lifecycle-driven placement and compressed formats, and cost optimization is assessed continually through metrics, cost management and internal chargeback to the solutions that incur the cost.
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