Check RDS instance utilization and storage choices
Review Amazon RDS billing usage types separately so compute, storage, IOPS, backup, and deployment-related charges are not mistaken for database load.
BASH5 min read
Cloud cost guides
Find answers to common questions about cloud and AI costs.
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Inspect Cloud Storage protection settings safely
Review Cloud Storage versioning, soft delete, retention policies, and project-level billing views with a read-only console procedure.
Steps5 min read
Check Cosmos DB hot partitions before reducing RUs
Use Normalized RU Consumption, 429s, and partition-key RU logs to spot concentrated load before changing provisioned throughput.
KQL5 min read
Find costly Azure Data Factory activity patterns
Compare Azure Data Factory meter consumption with pipeline and activity runs to focus a design review on recurring orchestration, copy, or data-flow usage.
Steps8 min read
Understand Azure Backup storage and retention charges
Trace Azure Backup protected-instance and storage charges to vault redundancy, retention policies, snapshots, and retained recovery points.
Steps8 min read
Reduce Athena scan costs with documented query controls
Measure Athena bytes scanned, require partition filters, set workgroup controls, and reuse eligible results without hiding limitations.
SQL6 min read
Compare DynamoDB on-demand and provisioned capacity
Choose a DynamoDB capacity mode by comparing traffic stability, consumed units, provisioned capacity, throttling, indexes, and request assumptions.
Steps6 min read
Triage Dataflow and Spark job patterns
Use read-only Dataflow and Managed Service for Apache Spark monitoring to investigate errors, lag, resource pressure, backlog, and autoscaling limits.
Steps6 min read
Control BigQuery scan costs with pruning and limits
Review BigQuery partition and clustering filters, estimate bytes with a dry run, and prepare a maximum-bytes-billed limit for on-demand queries.
Steps6 min read
Check a BigQuery dataset before enabling Cloud Billing export
Review a BigQuery dataset's location, encryption, project, billing, and API prerequisites before configuring Cloud Billing export.
Steps4 min read
Find Azure SQL database capacity worth reviewing
Use supported Azure SQL metrics to identify provisioned databases that deserve a sizing review without assuming low CPU means excess capacity.
Steps6 min read
Review Cloud Storage transitions and retention blockers
Review lifecycle transitions, Autoclass limits, storage-class durations, and retention controls before changing Cloud Storage rules.
Steps5 min read
Review EBS volumes in available status
Use a read-only AWS CLI inventory to review EBS volumes in available status, then check ownership and retention before any deletion decision.
BASH5 min read