# Scaling Target Too Low | ZopNight

> A low target makes the group add capacity long before the workload needs it, so the group runs above the size the load calls for most of the time.

Source: https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/scaling-target-too-low

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_Rightsizing · Medium severity_

## Scaling Target Too Low

A low target makes the group add capacity long before the workload needs it, so the group runs above the size the load calls for most of the time.

- Azure — provider
- Medium — 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 Azure, with read-only access to the account.
- 02. Explain — Every finding says exactly what to change: Raise the autoscale target threshold. 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

- [Scaling Target Too High](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/scaling-target-too-high)
- [Scaling Cooldown Too Short](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/scaling-cooldown-too-short)
- [VMSS Autoscale Setting Not Configured](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/vmss-autoscale-setting-not-configured)
- [Idle Azure VM Scale Set](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/idle-azure-vm-scale-set)
- [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)

## 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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