# AKS Agent Pool VM-Size Rightsizing | ZopNight

> Node pool VMs bill for their size regardless of how much of them the pods request, so a pool sized above its scheduled load pays for the difference.

Source: https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/aks-agent-pool-vm-size-rightsizing

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_Rightsizing · Low severity_

## AKS Agent Pool VM-Size Rightsizing

Node pool VMs bill for their size regardless of how much of them the pods request, so a pool sized above its scheduled load pays for the difference.

- Azure — provider
- Low — severity
- Savings — where it shows up
- Guided — fix, after a review

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## Found, explained, fixed.

Findings with a dollar figure attached, idle, oversized, orphaned, unscheduled and undiscounted spend.

- 01. Detect — ZopNight checks this automatically across Azure, with read-only access to the account.
- 02. Explain — Every finding says exactly what to change: Change the AKS node pool VM size. Where the saving can be proven it is priced; where it cannot, the finding says so.
- 03. Fix — After a guided review, where you confirm the change, ZopNight resizes it to the recommended tier, then checks the change took.

- applies_to_fallback: Any resource in the account
- where_it_appears: The Savings tab of Recommendations, with every affected resource listed.

## Related

- [AKS Node Pool Autoscaler Not Enabled](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/aks-node-pool-autoscaler-not-enabled)
- [Node Pool Underutilised](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/node-pool-underutilised)
- [Spot Node Pool Opportunity](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/spot-node-pool-opportunity)
- [Azure DDoS Protection Plan Cost Review](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/azure-ddos-protection-plan-cost-review)
- [Azure SQL Right-sizing](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/azure-sql-right-sizing)
- [GCP Cloud SQL Right-sizing](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/gcp-cloud-sql-right-sizing)

## See the oversized resources in your account.

Connect a read-only role and the first pass runs on your own estate. This check, and the rest of the catalogue, with it.

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