How do I use Trusted Advisor to optimize costs?

Short description

Trusted Advisor inspects your AWS infrastructure across all AWS Regions, and then provides a summary of the results.

There are 28 cost optimization checks in the cost optimization pillar. You can review the status and recommendations, and then implement them based on your needs.

Resolution

To use Trusted Advisor to view the cost optimization results and potential monthly savings, open the Trusted Advisor console. In the navigation pane, choose Cost Optimization.

Potential monthly savings

The Potential monthly savings section provides information about the total amount that you can save each month when you implement all recommendations. Because some checks provide recommendations that overlap for the same resources, your actual total savings might be less than the potential monthly savings. To avoid the overlap, implement the recommendations of one of the checks, and then refresh to see the updated recommendations on similar checks.

The potential monthly savings are an estimate of how much you might save. Actual cost savings can vary depending on your decision to purchase instances or nodes, such as Reserved Instances (RIs), Reserved Nodes, or Spot Instances.

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