OpsNow FinOps Plus allows you to customize optimization analysis settings based on your organization’s policies and workload characteristics.
This helps ensure that Right Sizing and Idle Resource detection reflect your actual operational needs, improving both accuracy and trust in recommendations.
✅ Key Criteria You Can Configure
- Analysis Period
- Default: 14 to 30 days
- Defines the timeframe used to calculate average resource utilization
- Shorter periods allow for more responsive detection; longer periods capture usage trends
- Utilization Thresholds
- Set percentage-based thresholds for CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network usage
- Example: CPU below 10%, Memory below 15% = categorized as Idle
- Different thresholds can be applied to each optimization type (Idle, Downsize, etc.)
- Idle Resource Conditions
- Instances with consistently low usage over the defined period are flagged as Idle
- Analysis can include average, maximum usage, and access frequency
⚙️ How to Set Criteria
- Console Path:
[Optimization] → [Settings] → [Rightsizing from Recommendation] - Settings are applied independently by cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Once saved, updated conditions are immediately reflected in analysis results
📌 Customizing these settings helps you reduce noise in recommendations and focus on high-impact cost-saving opportunities, making it a key enabler of effective FinOps practices.
