A useful architecture review evaluates three dimensions: cost efficiency, operational resilience, and scalability headroom. For cost, look at resource utilization rates (anything below 20% average is a right-sizing candidate), commitment coverage (reserved instances or savings plans), and data transfer patterns (often the most surprising cost driver). For resilience, examine single points of failure, backup and recovery procedures, and blast radius of component failures.
For scalability, identify bottlenecks that would break under 10x load. The best reviews produce a prioritized backlog, not a giant report — with estimated savings or risk reduction for each recommendation so leadership can make informed trade-offs.
This question reflects common advisory themes. It is editorially curated, not sourced from individual conversations.
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