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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

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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...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Future consideration

Effective cost basis in Rightsizing explorer

We would like to be able to switch between on-demand and effective cost basis in the Rightsizing Explorer pane. This is possible as part of the various rightsizing panel (e.g. AWS EC2, EC2 ASG, RDS) but not in the consolidated explorer view. This ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

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...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 2 Under review

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...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Allow users to select only columns required from exports and enable that selection to be static

We export the data and import/upload into power bi models to enable efficient trending of opportunities. When exporting from Rightsizing you only have the option to export all data, we want users to have the option of just exporting the data that ...
25 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

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.
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 2 Needs more information

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...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Under review

Add RDS Customizations to Rightsizing Preferences Page

This would allow for the customization of what recommendations are being made for RDS, either by usage family, costs, etc
4 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Planned for future release

Can the Jira Integration be updated to allow for a Rightsizing recommendation to be tied to an existing Jira?

A few of our engineering groups have asked if the Jira integration with Cloudability could be updated to allow them to tie a Rightsizing recommendation to an existing Jira ticket or if multiple recommendations could be tied to one Jira ticket? I t...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Not under consideration

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 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration