ElastiCache Reserved Node Opportunity
The nodes run continuously, which is the usage a reserved node is priced against.
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AWS
Found, explained, handed over.
Findings with a dollar figure attached, idle, oversized, orphaned, unscheduled and undiscounted spend.
Detect
ZopNight checks this automatically across AWS, with read-only access to the account.
Explain
Every finding says exactly what to change: Buy reserved nodes for the ElastiCache cluster. 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
- ElastiCache on AWS
- The fix, by hand
- Confirm the workload is stable (over 70% steady-state utilisation, no planned cluster type changes for the term).
- Open ElastiCache → Reserved nodes → 'Purchase reserved nodes'.
- Match the node type (cache.r6g.large etc.), region, and quantity to this cluster.
- Pick a 1-year No-Upfront term to start.
- Verify utilisation in Cost Explorer's RI report after ~24h.
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-107- Full reference
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- $30M+annualised cloud spend under management
- 550K+resources tracked since launch
- 20-60%off the bill in the first month
- SOC 2Type II report, plus ISO 27001
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