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Example cost optimization analysis
Cost Analysis
$1,562
$18,744
12 optimizations
Largest Single Opportunity
$820
Biggest cost reduction available
High-Value Items
33%
4 items worth $100+/month
Top Waste Category
RDS
$820/month waste
Business Risk Level
High
Cost bleed from unoptimized resources
Cost Analysis
Breakdown of savings and issues by service
Strategic Investment Analysis
Optimization value grouped by business impact and implementation priority
Critical Impact
$820
1 items • immediate ROI
High Value
$475
3 items • strong business case
Strategic Gains
$200
4 items • planned optimization
Incremental Wins
$67
4 items • ongoing efficiency
staging-database
Stop idle RDS instance (0% connections) - staging database with no activity for 30+ days
api-server-prod
Downsize overprovisioned instance (8% CPU) - reduce from m5.2xlarge to m5.large
legacy-app-lb
Delete unused Application Load Balancer (0 healthy targets) - no traffic for 14+ days
vpc-nat-legacy
Delete unused NAT Gateway - minimal data transfer (<0.5GB/day) for unused VPC
data-backup-vol
Delete unattached EBS volume (500GB) - detached 30+ days ago from terminated instance
image-processor
Lambda over-provisioned (12% timeout usage) - reduce memory from 3008MB to 1024MB
weekly-backup-2023
Delete old snapshots (8+ months old) - 15 snapshots from previous backup strategy
user-uploads
Implement S3 lifecycle policy - 180GB of objects >90 days old can move to Infrequent Access
app-assets
Clean up 8 incomplete multipart uploads - failed uploads consuming storage unnecessarily
elastic-ip-1
Release unattached Elastic IP - not associated with any instance for 45+ days
test-server-old
Stop idle EC2 instance (1% CPU) - t3.medium instance with no meaningful activity
temp-processing
Delete empty S3 bucket - no objects stored but incurring management costs
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