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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

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Cloudability Rightsizing support for Dynatrace (APM Integration)

Similar to the existing Datadog or New Relic integration, leverage monitoring agent data from Dynatrace to better inform resource recommendations in Cloudability
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Future consideration

Amend Right Sizing Columns

Ability to amend Optimize > Rightsizing Table to include custom dimensions/business mappings We create a monthly workbook that includes all the rightsizing recommendations from Cloudability, however we are not able to edit the columns to pull i...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 4 Submitted

"IN" operator in Rightsizing module

I would like to request the addition of an "IN" operator to the filtering options within the Rightsizing module. This would allow users to filter resources by providing a list of values (eg. resource IDs) in a single condition
2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Add COIN reporting as a native capability

Cloudability has all of the data to enable COIN reporting natively in the dashboarding and reporting, yet the only way to achieve this today is to take the cost and rightsizing data out of Cloudability to an external tool to join and present it. C...

Optimization recommendations for additional AWS Services (e.g.: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Glue, Analytics Services, ECS)

Optimization recommendations for additional AWS Services (e.g.: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Glue, Analytics Services, ECS)
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Needs more information

Cloudability Rightsizing support for AppDynamics (APM Integration)

Similar to the existing Datadog or New Relic integration, leverage monitoring agent data from AppDynamics to better inform resource recommendations in Cloudability
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Improve Rightsizing Preferences

** I'm using EBS as an example, but this would apply for all the services. ** Introduce the capability to customize Amazon EBS volume recommendations in Cloudability’s rightsizing preferences, allowing users to exclude specific EBS volume types (e...
7 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Request for ec2 permissions be added: DescribeInstances permission to be provided for all AWS linked accounts, which would be needed to determine whether a given instance was explicitly terminated.

The client was experiencing an issue with the recommendations that Cloudability shows. In the Optimize section there is a subsection called Rightsizing, which is where we can see the optimization recommendations based on the resources we have in t...
12 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Functionality already exists

Additional opportunities listed other than rightsizing

Would be good to have additional opportunities in Apptio, ie. modernise infrastructure (eg. move from m5 > m7), GP2 > GP3, Volumes unattached for 90 days, snapshots older than 90 days, Apply AHUB in azure.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Cloudability Rightsizing support for Instana (APM Integration)

Similar to the existing Datadog or New Relic integration, leverage monitoring agent data from Instana to better inform resource recommendations in Cloudability
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration