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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

Add S3 in Rightsizing ROI

Currently we do not see AWS S3 service under rightsizing ROI feature. This feature would allow customers to automate the ticket creation for S3 service.
6 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration

Prefer Instances Families with Commitments

Add preferences for compute and DB rightsizing to prefer recommendations which move to an instance family currently covered by commitments. When I don't have commitments for a particular service/region, I would like this preference to be ignored (...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

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...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

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...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

Add Payer ID and Payer Name as dimensions available in rightsizing, commitments, and utilization reporting

Please expose Payer ID and Payer Name as first-class dimensions across rightsizing, commitments, and utilization reporting. This would let enterprises with multiple AWS organizations or consolidated billing structures segment and compare recommend...

Upgrade Optimizations

Include Options to upgrade EC2 / servers in the cloud tenants. What is the current older resource version and the recommendation for a newer, more cost effective resource type. This capability is available in AWS portal Compute Optimization Dashbo...
5 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

Create recomendations that are valid at availability zone level.

Cloudability is recommending a migration to an instance type that isn’t available in the availability zone where the resource currently runs. IBM Support has confirmed this is expected behaviour: Cloudability generates cost-optimisation recommenda...
18 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration

Default dimensions for Rightsizing Explorer

I would like to set my own personal preference for dimensions to default on Rightsizing Explorer. I seldom use region and OS on the explorer so I would prefer to not see them every time I open the Rightsizing page. This would be great to cache or ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

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 ...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration

Add Snooze Recommendations feature in Advanced Rightsizing

Ability to snooze rightsizing recommendations for specific resources when it has been determined that no action is to be taken on the resource at this time. This can help enhance efficiency when reviewing and actioning rightsizing recommendations ...
23 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration