Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance optimization

This Recommendation identifies EC2 Reserved Instance optimization opportunities based on AWS Trusted Advisor recommendations.

What it does

AWS Trusted Advisor analyzes your EC2 usage patterns and recommends Reserved Instance purchases or modifications that can reduce your compute costs. This Recommendation surfaces those recommendations to help you optimize your Reserved Instance portfolio.

Recommended actions

• Purchase new Reserved Instances for consistent workloads
• Modify existing Reserved Instances to better match your usage patterns
• Exchange Reserved Instances for different instance types or regions
• Consider Reserved Instance Marketplace for unused capacity

Cost impact

Reserved Instances can provide up to 75% savings compared to On-Demand pricing for consistent workloads. The cost impact represents the potential monthly savings from implementing the recommended Reserved Instance optimizations.