Continuous rightsizing
Key role(s)
Objectives
Benefits
After implementing the practice "1O1 - Rightsizing instances and storage options", the idea is to make it continuous. You therefore let the tool(s) of your choice run continuously to bring up optimization opportunities and set up a process for analyzing, validating and planning changes.
As seen in 1O1 practice, a high degree of sophistication in rightsizing can be achieved by choosing "burstable" types that further optimize the performance/cost ratio, but this requires a good knowledge of your workload's consumption profile. It is therefore recommended that you leave it running for 3 months before starting a rightsizing operation again.
Of course, this should not prevent you from detecting problems with badly crafted instances on the fly and being able to "fix" them. There is therefore a distinction to be made between:
- Correction of badly crafted instances
- Quarterly (or biannual) review of new opportunities for savings
