displayName
Reserved Instance Optimization
workflowKind
governance
triggerType
scheduled
typicalCadence
monthly
complexity
cross-team
description
Optimizes reserved instance and savings plan coverage to minimize cloud
compute costs -- analyzing current RI and savings plan portfolio utilization
rates against commitment terms, identifying underutilized reservations
eligible for marketplace resale or modification, modeling optimal commitment
levels using historical usage patterns and growth projections, evaluating
coverage gaps where on-demand spend exceeds reserved capacity thresholds,
comparing pricing across commitment types (standard RI, convertible RI,
compute savings plans, instance savings plans) for each workload profile,
assessing the impact of architectural changes (containerization, serverless
migration) on reservation strategy, reviewing expiring commitments and
recommending renewal or replacement strategies, and tracking realized
savings against projected savings from prior optimization cycles. Produces
RI utilization report, savings plan coverage analysis, purchase
recommendations, and realized-savings tracking. Excludes commitment
purchases.