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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

Re-Add the ability to view Cloudability Premium Workload Optimizer (Turbonomic) version

Previously when clicking 'About Turbonomic' in Cloudability Premium Workload Optimizer, it would display the version. This is helpful when determining when to update the version of Kubeturbo
about 8 hours ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Need broader insight into rightsizing opportunities

There are a lot of opportunities to save that Cloudability does not inform users about. Some of them are difficult to find without collecting information, merging data, comparing options. This is the work Cloudability does for EC2, RDS, etc. Why n...
5 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Include allocation tag or bm values in rightsize reports

Current rightsizing reports rely heavily on the use of view filters to isolate and identify the workload represented. I've worked for a couple of organizations as a FinOps expert and when I meet with teams it is not to look at one workload at a ti...
5 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Integrate AWS S3 Storage Lens metrics into Cloudability

Currently, Storage Lens provides valuable insights into S3 usage, growth trends, data protection, and optimization opportunities, but these metrics are only available within AWS. Having them available in Cloudability would allow us to correlate S3...
16 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Enable threshold-based rightsizing alerts in the UI that automatically notify resource owners based on cost-owner tags.

Currently, Cloudability provides strong visibility into rightsizing recommendations, but there is no native way to proactively notify stakeholders based on defined conditions. This feature would allow users to: Define thresholds such as savings gr...
27 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Source-Aware Ticketing for Cloud Optimization (Rightsizing Ticketing)

Currently, we have two ways to create Rightsizing tickets: Manually or via Automated Policy. However, both methods have a major "information gap" when they reach ServiceNow: Manual Tickets: ServiceNow doesn’t show who clicked the button to create ...
29 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Way of reporting workload optimization tasks & savings that aren't in scope for Cloudability Rightsizing

We’ve found a gap in how we report workload optimization savings that Cloudability doesn’t cover today. If an optimization is not a Rightsize Opportunity in Cloudability, then we cannot create a ticket, and so Rightsize ROI does not count the savi...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Enhance Azure VM Auto-scale recommenadtion

Cloudability identifies Azure VMs as autoscale candidates but doesn't specify what the scale set should look like. This idea is to enhance autoscale recommendations to include more detail in the recommendation.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Add a field to the API and UI to inform consumers if cost saving is using custom prices or falling back on retail prices

Currently there is no transparency around which price is being used which results in misreporting when we roll up the potentials saves to a higher Business Mapping level. The reality is that all of our services should match to a custom price, so t...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Set default cost basis for Rightsizing Explorer

Now that there is support for both Effective and On-Demand cost bases in Rightsizing Explorer, I would like to be able to the default cost basis on the Default Cost Metrics Preferences page.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

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