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Announcing Six New Idle Resource Recommendations in AWS Compute Optimizer

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This article announces six new idle resource recommendations in AWS Compute Optimizer to help identify and eliminate unused resources.

  • Detects idle DynamoDB provisioned tables, ElastiCache, MemoryDB, DocumentDB, WorkSpaces, and SageMaker endpoints
  • Uses CloudWatch metrics over 14-day lookback periods (63 days for WorkSpaces) to identify idle resources
  • Displays estimated monthly savings for each idle resource recommendation
  • Recommendations available in Compute Optimizer console and AWS Cost Optimization Hub
  • Accessible via GetIdleRecommendations API and ListRecommendations API
  • Recommendations generated within 24 hours after opting into Compute Optimizer

AWS Compute Optimizer now provides comprehensive idle resource detection across six additional services, enabling customers to identify and eliminate unused resources to optimize cloud spending.

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