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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Turbonomic ARM
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 18, 2024

Deletion Action for Long-Unused Virtual Machines (with unused volume deletion)

I believe that generating a deletion action for virtual machines that haven't been used for a long time could lead to more effective cost reduction. Do we have any plans to implement this? While the instances themselves are shut down using the PARK feature, which doesn't incur costs, being able to delete the disks attached to the stopped instances could result in significant cost savings.

Idea priority Low
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    Jason Shaw
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    Nov 8, 2024

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