Reading evidence
Read the Metrics drawer.
4 lessons. 1 quiz.
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The Metrics drawer
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to read CPU, memory, connections, IOPS, and other metrics from the drawer, verify a recommendation's evidence against actual usage, and identify the periodic-workload patterns that average-based rules miss.
The Recent Activity tab
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to read activity-log signals, distinguish activity-data from metrics-data, and confirm abandonment of stopped or rarely-used resources before action.
The pricing-gap DLQ
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to recognize when a missing savings figure is caused by missing pricing data, explain the three causes of pricing gaps, and know when to raise a support request.
When evidence disagrees with the bill
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to reconcile evidence-based savings against actual post-action billing, diagnose the typical reasons for the gap, and track your realization rate to set honest expectations.
Module quiz.
Take it once the lessons are done.