Recommendations for AWS

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Source for automated Recommendations: Spend data in the CloudZero platform. Frequency: Checked once per day. If the Recommendation is marked as Ignored, it will still be updated, but notifications will no longer be sent for any updates.

CloudZero provides the following Automated Recommendations for AWS:

Eliminate Inactive DynamoDB tables: Identifies DynamoDB tables that are incurring storage costs but show no usage activity. Inactive DynamoDB Tables
Consider eliminating spend on IPv4 addresses: Created when there is spend on IPv4 addresses. IPv4 Addresses details including threshold
Consider Intelligent-Tiering or Lifecycle Rules for S3: Created when there are S3 buckets with spend only on Standard Storage. Intelligent-Tiering or Lifecycle Rules for S3 details including threshold
High Data Retrieval Costs for S3 Glacier Storage: Identifies data retrieval costs for an S3 bucket occurring on an S3 Glacier storage tier. S3 Glacier Storage details including threshold
High Ratio of S3 API Costs to Storage Costs: Created when spend on API requests to an S3 bucket represents greater than 80% of costs for that bucket. S3 API Costs Ratio to Storage Costs details including threshold
High S3 Administrative Fees: High as calculated by subtracting the per bucket fees threshold (10% of the total 30 day bucket cost) from the total administrative fees for the specified S3 buckets. High S3 Administrative Fees details including threshold
Non-standard API requests for S3 exceed threshold: Identifies high spend on non-standard API requests to S3. Non-standard API Requests for S3 details including threshold
Active EC2 Snapshots older than 90 days: Identifies EC2 snapshots that are older than 90 days and are still actively incurring costs. EC2 Snapshots details including threshold:
RDS Snapshot Costs are higher than expected: Created when the percentage of RDS snapshots exceeds 10% of the total RDS costs. High RDS Snapshot Costs details including threshold
Older Generation instances detected: Detects that the total real cost spend for the identified Amazon EC2, RDS, and ElastiCache older generation instances is at least $500. Older Generation Instances details including threshold
Expensive CloudWatch Logs: Detects increases in CloudWatch costs. CloudWatch Logs details including threshold
Redundant CloudTrail usage detected: Detects whether you are being charged for CloudTrail events. Redundant CloudTrail usage details including threshold
Upgradable EBS Volumes: Identifies older types of EBS Volumes. Upgradable EBS Volumes details including threshold
Unused NAT Gateways detected: Detects NAT Gateways that have hourly charges without appreciable corresponding data processing charges. Unused NAT Gateways details including threshold
Underutilized Amazon EBS Volumes: Identifies Amazon EBS volumes that may be underutilized based on AWS Trusted Advisor recommendations. Underutilized Amazon EBS Volumes details
Idle Classic Load Balancers: Identifies AWS Classic Load Balancers (ELBs) that are idle and can be deleted to reduce costs. Idle Classic Load Balancers details
Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Storage: Identifies Amazon Aurora DB clusters that have cost optimization opportunities. Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Storage details
Amazon RDS DB Instances: Identifies Amazon RDS DB instances that have cost optimization opportunities. Amazon RDS DB Instances details
AWS Savings Plans Purchase for Compute: Identifies AWS Savings Plans purchase opportunities for compute resources. AWS Savings Plans Purchase for Compute details
Amazon RDS DB Instance Storage: Identifies Amazon RDS DB instances that have storage cost optimization opportunities. Amazon RDS DB Instance Storage details
AWS Lambda Functions: Identifies AWS Lambda functions that have cost optimization opportunities. AWS Lambda Functions details
Amazon DynamoDB Reserved Capacity Purchase: Identifies Amazon DynamoDB reserved capacity purchase opportunities. Amazon DynamoDB Reserved Capacity Purchase details
Amazon EC2 Instances Stopped: Identifies Amazon EC2 instances that are currently stopped and may be candidates for termination. Amazon EC2 Instances Stopped details
Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Lease Expiration: Identifies Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances that are approaching their lease expiration date. Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Lease Expiration details
Amazon RDS Reserved Instance Purchase: Identifies Amazon RDS Reserved Instance purchase opportunities. Amazon RDS Reserved Instance Purchase details
Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Optimization: Identifies EC2 Reserved Instance optimization opportunities. Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Optimization details
Amazon S3 Incomplete Multipart Upload Abort Configuration: Identifies Amazon S3 buckets that do not have lifecycle policies configured to automatically abort incomplete multipart uploads. Amazon S3 Incomplete Multipart Upload Abort Configuration details
AWS Lambda Functions with Excessive Timeouts: Identifies AWS Lambda functions that are experiencing excessive timeouts. AWS Lambda functions with Excessive Timeouts details
AWS Lambda Functions with High Error Rates: Identifies AWS Lambda functions that are experiencing high error rates. AWS Lambda Functions with High Error Rates details
Amazon EC2 Migrate to Graviton: Identifies EC2 instances that can be migrated to Graviton-based instances for cost optimization. Amazon EC2 Migrate to Graviton details
Amazon EC2 Stop Instances: Identifies EC2 instances that should be stopped to reduce costs. Amazon EC2 Stop Instances details
Amazon EC2 Upgrade Instances: Identifies EC2 instances that should be upgraded to newer generation instances for cost optimization. Amazon EC2 Upgrade Instances details
Amazon EC2 Rightsize Instances: Identifies EC2 instances that should be rightsized to optimize cost and performance. Amazon EC2 Rightsize Instances details
Amazon EBS Delete Volumes: Identifies EBS volumes that should be deleted to reduce costs. Amazon EBS Delete Volumes details
Amazon EBS Upgrade Volumes: Identifies EBS volumes that should be upgraded to newer generation types for cost optimization. Amazon EBS Upgrade Volumes details
Amazon EBS Rightsize Volumes: Identifies EBS volumes that should be rightsized to optimize cost and performance. Amazon EBS Rightsize Volumes details
Amazon RDS Delete Instances: Identifies RDS instances that should be deleted to reduce costs. Amazon RDS Delete Instances details
Amazon RDS Upgrade Instances: Identifies RDS instances that should be upgraded to newer generation types for cost optimization. Amazon RDS Upgrade Instances details
Amazon RDS Rightsize Instances: Identifies RDS instances that should be rightsized to optimize cost and performance. Amazon RDS Rightsize Instances details
Amazon RDS Migrate to Graviton: Identifies RDS instances that can be migrated to Graviton-based instances for cost optimization. Amazon RDS Migrate to Graviton details
Amazon Aurora Delete Clusters: Identifies Aurora clusters that should be deleted to reduce costs. Amazon Aurora Delete Clusters details
Amazon Aurora Upgrade Clusters: Identifies Aurora clusters that should be upgraded to newer generation types for cost optimization. Amazon Aurora Upgrade Clusters details
Amazon Aurora Rightsize Clusters: Identifies Aurora clusters that should be rightsized to optimize cost and performance. Amazon Aurora Rightsize Clusters details
Amazon Aurora Migrate to Graviton: Identifies Aurora clusters that can be migrated to Graviton-based instances for cost optimization. Amazon Aurora Migrate to Graviton details
Amazon RDS Storage Rightsize: Identifies Amazon RDS database instances with storage that can be rightsized to reduce costs. Amazon RDS storage Rightsize details
Amazon RDS Storage Delete: Identifies Amazon RDS database instances with storage that can be deleted to reduce costs. Amazon RDS storage Delete details
Amazon RDS Storage Upgrade: Identifies Amazon RDS database instances where storage can be upgraded to more cost-effective options. Amazon RDS Storage Upgrade details
Amazon ElastiCache Reserved Node Purchase: Identifies ElastiCache Reserved Node purchase opportunities. Amazon ElastiCache Reserved Node Purchase details
Amazon OpenSearch Service Reserved Instance Purchase: Identifies OpenSearch Service Reserved Instance purchase opportunities. Amazon OpenSearch Service Reserved Instance Purchase details
Amazon Redshift Reserved Node Purchase: Identifies Redshift Reserved Node purchase opportunities. Amazon Redshift Reserved Node Purchase details
AWS Fargate Rightsizing for Amazon ECS: Identifies AWS Fargate services with over-provisioned CPU or memory allocations. AWS Fargate Rightsizing for Amazon ECS details
AWS Fargate Service Deletion for Amazon ECS: Identifies unused or idle AWS Fargate services that should be deleted. AWS Fargate Service Deletion for Amazon ECS details
Underutilized Amazon Redshift Clusters: Identifies Amazon Redshift clusters that are underutilized and could benefit from optimization. Underutilized Amazon Redshift Clusters details
Inactive VPC Interface Endpoints: Identifies VPC interface endpoints that appear to be inactive and could be deleted to reduce costs. Inactive VPC Interface Endpoints details
Inactive Gateway Load Balancer Endpoints: Identifies Gateway Load Balancer endpoints that appear to be inactive and could be deleted. Inactive Gateway Load Balancer Endpoints details
Inactive AWS Network Firewall: Identifies AWS Network Firewalls that appear to be inactive and could be deleted to reduce costs. Inactive AWS Network Firewall details
Amazon MemoryDB Reserved Node Purchase: Identifies MemoryDB Reserved Node purchase opportunities. Amazon MemoryDB Reserved Node Purchase details
Amazon ECR Repository without Lifecycle Policy: Identifies Amazon ECR repositories that do not have lifecycle policies configured. Amazon ECR Repository without Lifecycle Policy details
AWS Savings Plans Purchase of Amazon SageMaker AI: Identifies AWS Savings Plans purchase opportunities for Amazon SageMaker. AWS Savings Plans Purchase of Amazon SageMaker AI details
Amazon EC2 Instances Consolidation for Microsoft SQL Server: Identifies opportunities to consolidate Microsoft SQL Server licenses on Amazon EC2 instances. Amazon EC2 Instances Consolidation for Microsoft SQL Server details
Amazon EC2 Instances Over-provisioned for Microsoft SQL Server: Identifies EC2 instances running Microsoft SQL Server that have more vCPUs than needed. Amazon EC2 Instances Over-provisioned for Microsoft SQL Server details