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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

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Develop Container ROI Policy to track Container Optimizations

As a FinOps practitioner at a large company, it's imperative to track & report on all savings achieved. We are currently unable to track any container optimization savings as there isn't an ROI policy available for Containers.
about 15 hours ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

IOPS & Throughput Added to Workload Optimization Calculations

Cloudability Rightsizing recommendations are based primarily on CPU, Memory and GPU utilization (in the case of A2 and G2 instances). However, it’s important to note that throughput and IOPS characteristics are not currently factored into these re...
1 day ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Rightsizing Widget: Increase Data Window from 10 to 30 Days

Currently, the Rightsizing widget displays data for only the past 10 days, but based on suggestion from ticket TS019147686, we propose extending this to a 30-day range.
4 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Do not show already terminated resources in Cloudability Optimize → Rightsizing recommendations

Problem:Right now the resource 'state' is not available in any manner within the optimization rightsizing tooling. This means that resources, such as EC2 instances, that have already been shut down and terminated are still showing the recommendati...
11 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Have ability to enter a hypothetical Savings Plan purchase amount and terms and return estimated savings and coverage metrics

Problem:Right now the Optimize → Commitment Recs → AWS → Compute Savings Plan recommendation tooling only provides recommendations to achieve maximum savings coverage for current workloads. However, some organizations have a lower risk tolerance a...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Ability to configure table columns shown in Optimize → Rightsizing recommendation summaries

Problem:Right now you can filter the rightsizing table down based on tags and resource meta data however there no way to include and show relevant tag values, resource state, dimensions. Request:Have the ability to show what columns show in the ta...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Make project names editable

Users created a project name but then want to change the name or remove it and that functionality is not available.
14 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Adding sustainability metrics to rightsizing recommendations

There is strong evidence industry wide that a large percentage of engineers are more likely to take action based off carbon emission reduction recommendation than cost. ( largely as engineers may not have a budget responsibility as part of their r...
15 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Add integration support for Broadcom APM agents to collect extended system stats such as Memory or GPU

Customer standardizes on Broadcom APM (Broadcom DX?) and deploys agents to all instances as a standard. The FinOps team would like to base right sizing recommendations on attributes aside from CPU and their platform team will not allow install of ...
28 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Include license costs in the rightsizing opportunity calculation

It has come to our attention that the savings opportunity shown in the cloudability rightsizing are not inclusive of licensing costs, as a result saving potential is being understated for resources that would also see a license save as a result of...
28 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted