Azure MySQL Flexible Server Reserved Capacity
A reservation trades a one- or three-year commitment for a lower rate on capacity you are already running continuously.
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Found, explained, handed over.
Findings with a dollar figure attached, idle, oversized, orphaned, unscheduled and undiscounted spend.
Detect
ZopNight checks this automatically across Azure, with read-only access to the account.
Explain
Every finding says exactly what to change: Buy a reservation for the MySQL flexible server. Where the saving can be proven it is priced; where it cannot, the finding says so.
Fix
The finding opens with the fix already written out, step by step, so it is one ticket, not an investigation.
- Applies to
- MySQL Flexible on Azure
- The fix, by hand
- Confirm this server is steady-state production with ≥12 months of expected lifetime.
- Open Portal → Reservations → Add → Azure Database for MySQL.
- Pick the region, vCore count, tier, and term (1yr vs 3yr) matching this server.
- Choose scope; Buy.
- Track utilisation in Cost Management → Reservations → Utilisation.
These are the steps the finding carries in the product.
- Category
- Commitment discounts. Reserved Instance, Savings Plan and Committed Use opportunities, where steady usage justifies a commitment.
- Where it appears
- The Savings tab of Recommendations, with every affected resource listed.
- Rule ID
RC-245- Full reference
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