Upgradable EBS Volumes

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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.

This Recommendation identifies older types of EBS Volumes. These instances can usually be upgraded to the latest volume type, gp3. Upgraded volumes are typically more efficient and result in an average cost savings of 15%.

Threshold: This Recommendation is created if the total cost impact exceeds $500 in real cost. CloudZero estimates that 80% of older volumes types can be upgraded. Given an average cost savings of 15%, CloudZero will create a Recommendation if spend greater than $4,166 is found for older volume types. When the total cost impact for this Recommendation is reduced below $500, the Recommendation will be closed automatically.