# Software and architecture patterns
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| DRHCSUS03: How do you monitor workloads and evaluate architectures to support your sustainability goals? | 
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 Workloads should be monitored to support optimal sizing, scaling, and alignment to sustainability objectives. 

**Topics**
+ [DRHCSUS03-BP01 Monitor workload and component resource utilization to identify any that are unneeded or over-provisioned when using Local Zones](drhcsus03-bp01.md)
+ [DRHCSUS03-BP02 Monitor both workload resource utilization and Amazon EC2 instance consumption to maximize the use of AWS Outpost resources and improve sustainability](drhcsus03-bp02.md)