Amazon RDS Cost Optimization Recommendations for DB Instance Storage

This Recommendation identifies Amazon RDS DB instances that have storage cost optimization opportunities based on AWS Trusted Advisor recommendations.

Overview

AWS Trusted Advisor continuously monitors your RDS DB instances and provides recommendations for storage cost optimization opportunities. This Recommendation surfaces those recommendations to help you identify potential savings.

What it identifies

• RDS DB instances with storage optimization opportunities
• Instances that could benefit from storage tier changes
• Underutilized storage that could be reclaimed
• Storage allocation optimizations
• Cost optimization recommendations from AWS Trusted Advisor

Key features

• Uses AWS Trusted Advisor's c1z7kmr04n check for RDS storage cost optimization
• Leverages Trusted Advisor's estimated savings calculations
• Provides dynamic titles with specific recommendations and resource IDs
• Focuses on RDS service costs and storage-specific optimizations

Cost impact

The recommendation calculates potential savings based on Trusted Advisor's estimates for storage cost optimization opportunities in RDS DB instances, including storage tier changes, allocation adjustments, and other storage-specific optimizations.