AWS Compute Optimizer for RDS: Finally, Rightsizing RDS is Easy!

AWS Compute Optimizer was launched in 2019. It's improved quite a bit since, but has has finally expanded to support RDS rightsizing! 🎉 This feature is a huge step forward for FinOps teams looking to optimize large RDS database fleets efficiently.

For those of us focused on AWS cost optimization, Compute Optimizer has been an invaluable tool—but RDS has been a tricky area to optimize efficiently, without writing a lot of code or requiring heavy manual review. 

Now, with tailored recommendations for RDS, we can streamline right-sizing decisions, reduce idle resources, and better match instance configurations to workload demands. It's truly a game-changer for those managing RDS at scale!

This update empowers us to:
• Identify underutilized or oversized RDS instances faster
• Automate rightsizing review and cut down on resource waste
• Align RDS costs even more closely with actual usage and demand
• Leverage Compute Optimizer APIs to build upon the great work done by the service team to increase lookback periods to arbitrary lengths
 
This has been a long-awaited feature for FinOps practitioners, and we're thrilled to see AWS continuing to invest in FinOps tooling to make cost management easier. Kudos to AWS for delivering this much-needed support for RDS!

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