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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

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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 ...
1 day 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...
1 day ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Broadcom APM inetgration with Apptio Cloudability for Memory Utilization

We are currently using Apptio Cloudability for cloud cost optimization and visibility, and we rely on memory utilization data to generate accurate rightsizing recommendations. As part of this setup, Apptio typically requires CloudWatch Agents or D...
6 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

Add integration for Dynatrace to ingest granular metrics for Virtual Machine rightsizing

Currently Cloudability supports New Relic and Datadog for VM utilisation metrics - please can you add support for Dynatrace
17 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

Add additional timeline 60 days, 90 days to Rightsizing recommendations

Users would like to have a better understanding of their workload utilisation (containers in particular) before being able to make a decision to rightsizing. Additional timeline options such as 60days & 90days would be helpful for them to make...
25 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Under review

To have the rightsizing preferences available for an end user in his session only

To have the rightsizing preferences available for an end user in his session only
26 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

When a container as no upper limit for scaling, the rightsizing page shows 0 as a limit. N/A would be more appropriate

When a container as no upper limit for scaling, the rightsizing page shows 0 as a limit. N/A would be more appropriate
26 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

Cloudability rightsize comment filter

Cloudability rightsize comment filter
26 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

Rightsizing recommendations for Aurora I/O Optimised to Standard

Include I/O cost as part of the RDS recommendations Rightsizing support to make recommendations to move from Aurora I/O Optimised to Aurora Standard
26 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

Exclude Rightsizing Recommendations if current workload is on latest generation

Currently rightsizing recommendations are providing recs that contain older generation (but are "current generation") than the current instance. For example, current instance is running on r7g but rightsizing is recommending r6g.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review