DRHCSUS03-BP01 Monitor workload and component resource utilization to identify any that are unneeded or over-provisioned when using Local Zones
Monitoring workload utilization is critical to identifying those which are overprovisioned and can be scaled down to reduce energy consumption.
Desired outcome: Workloads are deployed on Amazon EC2 instances that are aligned to requirements and provide optimal performance.
Benefits of establishing this best practice: Workloads and resources which are overprovisioned can be scaled down to reduce energy consumption and support sustainability objectives.
Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Medium
Implementation guidance
Monitor and capture workload metrics such as CPU utilization,
memory utilization, network connections, and network throughput
using
Amazon CloudWatch metrics to identify workloads or components
that are no longer used or are under-utilized. Routinely review
the recommendations made by
AWS Compute Optimizer
