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aws.compute_optimizer.get_ec2_instance_recommendations

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aws.compute_optimizer.get_ec2_instance_recommendations;

Description

Returns Amazon EC2 instance recommendations.

Compute Optimizer generates recommendations for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances that meet a specific set of requirements. For more information, see the Supported resources and requirements in the Compute Optimizer User Guide.

Table Definition

Column NameColumn Data Type
account_ids Input Column

The ID of the Amazon Web Services account for which to return instance recommendations.

If your account is the management account of an organization, use this parameter to specify the member account for which you want to return instance recommendations.

Only one account ID can be specified per request.

VARCHAR[]
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account_ids[]
filters Input Column

An array of objects to specify a filter that returns a more specific list of instance recommendations.

STRUCT(
"name" VARCHAR,
"values" VARCHAR[]
)[]
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filters[]
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filters[].name

The name of the filter.

Specify Finding to return recommendations with a specific finding classification. For example, Underprovisioned.

Specify RecommendationSourceType to return recommendations of a specific resource type. For example, Ec2Instance.

Specify FindingReasonCodes to return recommendations with a specific finding reason code. For example, CPUUnderprovisioned.

Specify InferredWorkloadTypes to return recommendations of a specific inferred workload. For example, Redis.

You can filter your EC2 instance recommendations by tag:key and tag-key tags.

A tag:key is a key and value combination of a tag assigned to your recommendations. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all recommendations that have a tag with the key of Owner and the value of TeamA, specify tag:Owner for the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.

A tag-key is the key of a tag assigned to your recommendations. Use this filter to find all of your recommendations that have a tag with a specific key. This doesn’t consider the tag value. For example, you can find your recommendations with a tag key value of Owner or without any tag keys assigned.

filters[].values[]
instance_arns Input Column

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instances for which to return recommendations.

VARCHAR[]
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instance_arns[]
max_results Input Column

The maximum number of instance recommendations to return with a single request.

To retrieve the remaining results, make another request with the returned nextToken value.

BIGINT
next_token Input Column

The token to use to advance to the next page of instance recommendations.

This value is null when there are no more pages of instance recommendations to return.

VARCHAR
recommendation_preferences Input Column

An object to specify the preferences for the Amazon EC2 instance recommendations to return in the response.

STRUCT(
"cpu_vendor_architectures" VARCHAR[]
)
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recommendation_preferences.cpu_vendor_architectures[]
_aws_profile Input Column

The AWS profile defines the AWS identity used. It can be defined via credentials or by assuming a IAM role.

STRUCT(
"type" VARCHAR,
"name" VARCHAR,
"account_id" VARCHAR,
"via_profile_name" VARCHAR,
"assumed_role_arn" VARCHAR,
"organization" STRUCT(
"account_name" VARCHAR,
"id" VARCHAR,
"tags" STRUCT(
"key" VARCHAR,
"value" VARCHAR
)[],
"master_account" STRUCT(
"id" VARCHAR,
"email" VARCHAR
),
"parents" STRUCT(
"type" VARCHAR,
"id" VARCHAR,
"name" VARCHAR,
"tags" STRUCT(
"key" VARCHAR,
"value" VARCHAR
)[]
)[]
)
)
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_aws_profile.account_id

The AWS account id

_aws_profile.assumed_role_arn

The ARN of the assumed role

_aws_profile.name

The unique name of the profile.

_aws_profile.organization

Information about this profile's membership in the AWS organization.

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_aws_profile.organization.account_name

The name of account speciifed by the organization

_aws_profile.organization.id

The organization id

_aws_profile.organization.master_account
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_aws_profile.organization.master_account.email

The organization master account email address

_aws_profile.organization.master_account.id

The organization master account id

_aws_profile.organization.parents[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].id

The id of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].name

The name of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].value
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].type

The type of parent can be an organization unit or a root

_aws_profile.organization.tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.tags[].value
_aws_profile.type

The type of profile, either 'credentials' or 'assumed_role'

_aws_profile.via_profile_name

This IAM role for this profile is assumed by first utilizing another profile with this name to obtain credentials.

_aws_region Input Column

The AWS region to use.

VARCHAR
errors

An array of objects that describe errors of the request.

For example, an error is returned if you request recommendations for an instance of an unsupported instance family.

STRUCT(
"identifier" VARCHAR,
"code" VARCHAR,
"message" VARCHAR
)[]
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errors[]
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errors[].code

The error code.

errors[].identifier

The ID of the error.

errors[].message

The message, or reason, for the error.

instance_recommendations

An array of objects that describe instance recommendations.

STRUCT(
"instance_arn" VARCHAR,
"account_id" VARCHAR,
"instance_name" VARCHAR,
"current_instance_type" VARCHAR,
"finding" VARCHAR,
"finding_reason_codes" VARCHAR[],
"utilization_metrics" STRUCT(
"name" VARCHAR,
"statistic" VARCHAR,
"value" DOUBLE
)[],
"look_back_period_in_days" DOUBLE,
"recommendation_options" STRUCT(
"instance_type" VARCHAR,
"instance_gpu_info" STRUCT(
"gpus" STRUCT(
"gpu_count" BIGINT,
"gpu_memory_size_in_mi_b" BIGINT
)[]
),
"projected_utilization_metrics" STRUCT(
"name" VARCHAR,
"statistic" VARCHAR,
"value" DOUBLE
)[],
"platform_differences" VARCHAR[],
"performance_risk" DOUBLE,
"rank" BIGINT,
"savings_opportunity" STRUCT(
"savings_opportunity_percentage" DOUBLE,
"estimated_monthly_savings" STRUCT(
"currency" VARCHAR,
"value" DOUBLE
)
),
"savings_opportunity_after_discounts" STRUCT(
"savings_opportunity_percentage" DOUBLE,
"estimated_monthly_savings" STRUCT(
"currency" VARCHAR,
"value" DOUBLE
)
),
"migration_effort" VARCHAR
)[],
"recommendation_sources" STRUCT(
"recommendation_source_arn" VARCHAR,
"recommendation_source_type" VARCHAR
)[],
"last_refresh_timestamp" TIMESTAMP_S,
"current_performance_risk" VARCHAR,
"effective_recommendation_preferences" STRUCT(
"cpu_vendor_architectures" VARCHAR[],
"enhanced_infrastructure_metrics" VARCHAR,
"inferred_workload_types" VARCHAR,
"external_metrics_preference" STRUCT(
"source" VARCHAR
),
"look_back_period" VARCHAR,
"utilization_preferences" STRUCT(
"metric_name" VARCHAR,
"metric_parameters" STRUCT(
"threshold" VARCHAR,
"headroom" VARCHAR
)
)[],
"preferred_resources" STRUCT(
"name" VARCHAR,
"include_list" VARCHAR[],
"effective_include_list" VARCHAR[],
"exclude_list" VARCHAR[]
)[],
"savings_estimation_mode" STRUCT(
"source" VARCHAR
)
),
"inferred_workload_types" VARCHAR[],
"instance_state" VARCHAR,
"tags" STRUCT(
"key" VARCHAR,
"value" VARCHAR
)[],
"external_metric_status" STRUCT(
"status_code" VARCHAR,
"status_reason" VARCHAR
),
"current_instance_gpu_info" STRUCT(
"gpus" STRUCT(
"gpu_count" BIGINT,
"gpu_memory_size_in_mi_b" BIGINT
)[]
),
"idle" VARCHAR
)[]
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instance_recommendations[]
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instance_recommendations[].account_id

The Amazon Web Services account ID of the instance.

instance_recommendations[].current_instance_gpu_info

Describes the GPU accelerator settings for the current instance type.

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instance_recommendations[].current_instance_gpu_info.gpus[]
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instance_recommendations[].current_instance_gpu_info.gpus[].gpu_count

The number of GPUs for the instance type.

instance_recommendations[].current_instance_gpu_info.gpus[].gpu_memory_size_in_mi_b

The total size of the memory for the GPU accelerators for the instance type, in MiB.

instance_recommendations[].current_instance_type

The instance type of the current instance.

instance_recommendations[].current_performance_risk

The risk of the current instance not meeting the performance needs of its workloads. The higher the risk, the more likely the current instance cannot meet the performance requirements of its workload.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences

An object that describes the effective recommendation preferences for the instance.

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instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.cpu_vendor_architectures[]
instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.enhanced_infrastructure_metrics

Describes the activation status of the enhanced infrastructure metrics preference.

A status of Active confirms that the preference is applied in the latest recommendation refresh, and a status of Inactive confirms that it's not yet applied to recommendations.

For more information, see Enhanced infrastructure metrics in the Compute Optimizer User Guide.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.external_metrics_preference

An object that describes the external metrics recommendation preference.

If the preference is applied in the latest recommendation refresh, an object with a valid source value appears in the response. If the preference isn't applied to the recommendations already, then this object doesn't appear in the response.

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instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.external_metrics_preference.source

Contains the source options for external metrics preferences.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.inferred_workload_types

Describes the activation status of the inferred workload types preference.

A status of Active confirms that the preference is applied in the latest recommendation refresh. A status of Inactive confirms that it's not yet applied to recommendations.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.look_back_period

The number of days the utilization metrics of the Amazon Web Services resource are analyzed.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.preferred_resources[]
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instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.preferred_resources[].effective_include_list[]
instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.preferred_resources[].exclude_list[]
instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.preferred_resources[].include_list[]
instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.preferred_resources[].name

The name of the preferred resource list.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.savings_estimation_mode

Describes the savings estimation mode applied for calculating savings opportunity for a resource.

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instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.savings_estimation_mode.source

Describes the source for calculating the savings opportunity for Amazon EC2 instances.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.utilization_preferences[]
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instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.utilization_preferences[].metric_name

The name of the resource utilization metric name to customize.

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.utilization_preferences[].metric_parameters

The parameters to set when customizing the resource utilization thresholds.

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instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.utilization_preferences[].metric_parameters.headroom

The headroom value in percentage used for the specified metric parameter.

The following lists the valid values for CPU and memory utilization.

  • CPU utilization: PERCENT_30 | PERCENT_20 | PERCENT_0

  • Memory utilization: PERCENT_30 | PERCENT_20 | PERCENT_10

instance_recommendations[].effective_recommendation_preferences.utilization_preferences[].metric_parameters.threshold

The threshold value used for the specified metric parameter.

You can only specify the threshold value for CPU utilization.

instance_recommendations[].external_metric_status

An object that describes Compute Optimizer's integration status with your external metrics provider.

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instance_recommendations[].external_metric_status.status_code

The status code for Compute Optimizer's integration with an external metrics provider.

instance_recommendations[].external_metric_status.status_reason

The reason for Compute Optimizer's integration status with your external metric provider.

instance_recommendations[].finding

The finding classification of the instance.

Findings for instances include:

  • Underprovisioned —An instance is considered under-provisioned when at least one specification of your instance, such as CPU, memory, or network, does not meet the performance requirements of your workload. Under-provisioned instances may lead to poor application performance.

  • Overprovisioned —An instance is considered over-provisioned when at least one specification of your instance, such as CPU, memory, or network, can be sized down while still meeting the performance requirements of your workload, and no specification is under-provisioned. Over-provisioned instances may lead to unnecessary infrastructure cost.

  • Optimized —An instance is considered optimized when all specifications of your instance, such as CPU, memory, and network, meet the performance requirements of your workload and is not over provisioned. For optimized resources, Compute Optimizer might recommend a new generation instance type.

The valid values in your API responses appear as OVER_PROVISIONED, UNDER_PROVISIONED, or OPTIMIZED.

instance_recommendations[].finding_reason_codes[]
instance_recommendations[].idle

Describes if an Amazon EC2 instance is idle.

instance_recommendations[].inferred_workload_types[]
instance_recommendations[].instance_arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the current instance.

instance_recommendations[].instance_name

The name of the current instance.

instance_recommendations[].instance_state

The state of the instance when the recommendation was generated.

instance_recommendations[].last_refresh_timestamp

The timestamp of when the instance recommendation was last generated.

instance_recommendations[].look_back_period_in_days

The number of days for which utilization metrics were analyzed for the instance.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[]
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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].instance_gpu_info

Describes the GPU accelerator settings for the recommended instance type.

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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].instance_gpu_info.gpus[]
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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].instance_gpu_info.gpus[].gpu_count

The number of GPUs for the instance type.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].instance_gpu_info.gpus[].gpu_memory_size_in_mi_b

The total size of the memory for the GPU accelerators for the instance type, in MiB.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].instance_type

The instance type of the instance recommendation.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].migration_effort

The level of effort required to migrate from the current instance type to the recommended instance type.

For example, the migration effort is Low if Amazon EMR is the inferred workload type and an Amazon Web Services Graviton instance type is recommended. The migration effort is Medium if a workload type couldn't be inferred but an Amazon Web Services Graviton instance type is recommended. The migration effort is VeryLow if both the current and recommended instance types are of the same CPU architecture.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].performance_risk

The performance risk of the instance recommendation option.

Performance risk indicates the likelihood of the recommended instance type not meeting the resource needs of your workload. Compute Optimizer calculates an individual performance risk score for each specification of the recommended instance, including CPU, memory, EBS throughput, EBS IOPS, disk throughput, disk IOPS, network throughput, and network PPS. The performance risk of the recommended instance is calculated as the maximum performance risk score across the analyzed resource specifications.

The value ranges from 0 - 4, with 0 meaning that the recommended resource is predicted to always provide enough hardware capability. The higher the performance risk is, the more likely you should validate whether the recommendation will meet the performance requirements of your workload before migrating your resource.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].platform_differences[]
instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].projected_utilization_metrics[]
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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].projected_utilization_metrics[].name

The name of the utilization metric.

The following utilization metrics are available:

  • Cpu - The percentage of allocated EC2 compute units that are currently in use on the instance. This metric identifies the processing power required to run an application on the instance.

    Depending on the instance type, tools in your operating system can show a lower percentage than CloudWatch when the instance is not allocated a full processor core.

    Units: Percent

  • Memory - The percentage of memory that is currently in use on the instance. This metric identifies the amount of memory required to run an application on the instance.

    Units: Percent

    The Memory metric is returned only for resources that have the unified CloudWatch agent installed on them. For more information, see Enabling Memory Utilization with the CloudWatch Agent.

  • GPU - The percentage of allocated GPUs that currently run on the instance.

  • GPU_MEMORY - The percentage of total GPU memory that currently runs on the instance.

    The GPU and GPU_MEMORY metrics are only returned for resources with the unified CloudWatch Agent installed on them. For more information, see Enabling NVIDIA GPU utilization with the CloudWatch Agent.

  • EBS_READ_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed read operations from all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Count

  • EBS_WRITE_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed write operations to all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Count

  • EBS_READ_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes read from all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Bytes

  • EBS_WRITE_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes written to all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Bytes

  • DISK_READ_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed read operations from all instance store volumes available to the instance in a specified period of time.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • DISK_WRITE_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed write operations from all instance store volumes available to the instance in a specified period of time.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • DISK_READ_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes read from all instance store volumes available to the instance. This metric is used to determine the volume of the data the application reads from the disk of the instance. This can be used to determine the speed of the application.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • DISK_WRITE_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes written to all instance store volumes available to the instance. This metric is used to determine the volume of the data the application writes onto the disk of the instance. This can be used to determine the speed of the application.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • NETWORK_IN_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The number of bytes received by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of incoming network traffic to a single instance.

  • NETWORK_OUT_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The number of bytes sent out by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of outgoing network traffic from a single instance.

  • NETWORK_PACKETS_IN_PER_SECOND - The number of packets received by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of incoming traffic in terms of the number of packets on a single instance.

  • NETWORK_PACKETS_OUT_PER_SECOND - The number of packets sent out by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of outgoing traffic in terms of the number of packets on a single instance.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].projected_utilization_metrics[].statistic

The statistic of the utilization metric.

The Compute Optimizer API, Command Line Interface (CLI), and SDKs return utilization metrics using only the Maximum statistic, which is the highest value observed during the specified period.

The Compute Optimizer console displays graphs for some utilization metrics using the Average statistic, which is the value of Sum/SampleCount during the specified period. For more information, see Viewing resource recommendations in the Compute Optimizer User Guide. You can also get averaged utilization metric data for your resources using Amazon CloudWatch. For more information, see the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].projected_utilization_metrics[].value

The value of the utilization metric.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].rank

The rank of the instance recommendation option.

The top recommendation option is ranked as 1.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity

An object that describes the savings opportunity for the instance recommendation option. Savings opportunity includes the estimated monthly savings amount and percentage.

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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity.estimated_monthly_savings

An object that describes the estimated monthly savings amount possible by adopting Compute Optimizer recommendations for a given resource. This is based on the On-Demand instance pricing..

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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity.estimated_monthly_savings.currency

The currency of the estimated monthly savings.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity.estimated_monthly_savings.value

The value of the estimated monthly savings.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity.savings_opportunity_percentage

The estimated monthly savings possible as a percentage of monthly cost by adopting Compute Optimizer recommendations for a given resource.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity_after_discounts

An object that describes the savings opportunity for the instance recommendation option that includes Savings Plans and Reserved Instances discounts. Savings opportunity includes the estimated monthly savings and percentage.

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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity_after_discounts.estimated_monthly_savings

An object that describes the estimated monthly savings possible by adopting Compute Optimizer’s Amazon EC2 instance recommendations. This is based on pricing after applying the Savings Plans and Reserved Instances discounts.

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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity_after_discounts.estimated_monthly_savings.currency

The currency of the estimated monthly savings.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity_after_discounts.estimated_monthly_savings.value

The value of the estimated monthly savings.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_options[].savings_opportunity_after_discounts.savings_opportunity_percentage

The estimated monthly savings possible as a percentage of monthly cost after applying the Savings Plans and Reserved Instances discounts. This saving can be achieved by adopting Compute Optimizer’s EC2 instance recommendations.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_sources[]
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instance_recommendations[].recommendation_sources[].recommendation_source_arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the recommendation source.

instance_recommendations[].recommendation_sources[].recommendation_source_type

The resource type of the recommendation source.

instance_recommendations[].tags[]
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instance_recommendations[].tags[].key

One part of a key-value pair that makes up a tag. A key is a general label that acts like a category for more specific tag values.

instance_recommendations[].tags[].value

One part of a key-value pair that make up a tag. A value acts as a descriptor within a tag category (key). The value can be empty or null.

instance_recommendations[].utilization_metrics[]
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instance_recommendations[].utilization_metrics[].name

The name of the utilization metric.

The following utilization metrics are available:

  • Cpu - The percentage of allocated EC2 compute units that are currently in use on the instance. This metric identifies the processing power required to run an application on the instance.

    Depending on the instance type, tools in your operating system can show a lower percentage than CloudWatch when the instance is not allocated a full processor core.

    Units: Percent

  • Memory - The percentage of memory that is currently in use on the instance. This metric identifies the amount of memory required to run an application on the instance.

    Units: Percent

    The Memory metric is returned only for resources that have the unified CloudWatch agent installed on them. For more information, see Enabling Memory Utilization with the CloudWatch Agent.

  • GPU - The percentage of allocated GPUs that currently run on the instance.

  • GPU_MEMORY - The percentage of total GPU memory that currently runs on the instance.

    The GPU and GPU_MEMORY metrics are only returned for resources with the unified CloudWatch Agent installed on them. For more information, see Enabling NVIDIA GPU utilization with the CloudWatch Agent.

  • EBS_READ_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed read operations from all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Count

  • EBS_WRITE_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed write operations to all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Count

  • EBS_READ_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes read from all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Bytes

  • EBS_WRITE_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes written to all EBS volumes attached to the instance in a specified period of time.

    Unit: Bytes

  • DISK_READ_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed read operations from all instance store volumes available to the instance in a specified period of time.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • DISK_WRITE_OPS_PER_SECOND - The completed write operations from all instance store volumes available to the instance in a specified period of time.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • DISK_READ_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes read from all instance store volumes available to the instance. This metric is used to determine the volume of the data the application reads from the disk of the instance. This can be used to determine the speed of the application.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • DISK_WRITE_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The bytes written to all instance store volumes available to the instance. This metric is used to determine the volume of the data the application writes onto the disk of the instance. This can be used to determine the speed of the application.

    If there are no instance store volumes, either the value is 0 or the metric is not reported.

  • NETWORK_IN_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The number of bytes received by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of incoming network traffic to a single instance.

  • NETWORK_OUT_BYTES_PER_SECOND - The number of bytes sent out by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of outgoing network traffic from a single instance.

  • NETWORK_PACKETS_IN_PER_SECOND - The number of packets received by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of incoming traffic in terms of the number of packets on a single instance.

  • NETWORK_PACKETS_OUT_PER_SECOND - The number of packets sent out by the instance on all network interfaces. This metric identifies the volume of outgoing traffic in terms of the number of packets on a single instance.

instance_recommendations[].utilization_metrics[].statistic

The statistic of the utilization metric.

The Compute Optimizer API, Command Line Interface (CLI), and SDKs return utilization metrics using only the Maximum statistic, which is the highest value observed during the specified period.

The Compute Optimizer console displays graphs for some utilization metrics using the Average statistic, which is the value of Sum/SampleCount during the specified period. For more information, see Viewing resource recommendations in the Compute Optimizer User Guide. You can also get averaged utilization metric data for your resources using Amazon CloudWatch. For more information, see the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

instance_recommendations[].utilization_metrics[].value

The value of the utilization metric.