GCP VM Oversized: Downsize to Smaller Predefined Machine Type
A VM bills for its machine type, so vCPUs and memory the workload never reaches cost exactly what the ones it uses cost.
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Google Cloud
Found, explained, fixed.
Findings with a dollar figure attached, idle, oversized, orphaned, unscheduled and undiscounted spend.
Detect
ZopNight checks this automatically across Google Cloud, with read-only access to the account.
Explain
Every finding says exactly what to change: Move the VM to a custom machine type. Where the saving can be proven it is priced; where it cannot, the finding says so.
Fix
In one click, ZopNight stops it, resizes it to the recommended tier, and starts it again, then checks the change took. When someone other than an admin starts a pause or a delete, an admin approves it first.
- Applies to
- Compute Engine on Google Cloud
- Category
- Rightsizing. Resources sized for headroom they never use. A smaller size runs the same workload for less.
- Where it appears
- The Savings tab of Recommendations, with every affected resource listed.
- Rule ID
RC-1207- Full reference
GCP VM Oversized - Downsize to Smaller Predefined Machine Type
Related checks
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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
Figures published on zop.dev.