# GPU Instance Low Utilisation | ZopNight

> An accelerator is billed whole and by the hour whether or not the model keeps it busy. The fix: rightsize the underutilised GPU instance.

Source: https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/gpu-instance-low-utilisation

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_Rightsizing · High severity_

## GPU Instance Low Utilisation

An accelerator is billed whole and by the hour whether or not the model keeps it busy, and it is the most expensive unit of idle capacity available to rent.

- AWS — provider
- High — severity
- Savings — where it shows up
- Manual — fix, steps written out

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## Found, explained, handed over.

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

- 01. Detect — ZopNight checks this automatically across AWS, with read-only access to the account.
- 02. Explain — Every finding says exactly what to change: Rightsize the underutilised GPU instance. Where the saving can be proven it is priced; where it cannot, the finding says so.
- 03. Fix — The finding opens with the fix already written out, step by step, so it is one ticket, not an investigation.

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

## Related

- [EC2 IMDSv2 Not Required](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/ec2-imdsv2-not-required)
- [EC2 EBS Optimization Not Enabled](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/ec2-ebs-optimization-not-enabled)
- [EC2 Instance Has a Public IP: Review If Needed](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/ec2-instance-has-a-public-ip-review-if-needed)
- [EC2 Instance Not Managed by SSM](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/ec2-instance-not-managed-by-ssm)
- [EC2 RI Coverage Below 50%](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/ec2-ri-coverage-below-50)
- [Savings Plan Coverage Below 30%](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/savings-plan-coverage-below-30)

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