Understanding the Cloud
July 1, 2020
Altocapa monitoring
Altocapa continually analyses an extensive list of the different types of Cloud resources to confirm each resource is needed and being used as cost effectively as possible. Its breadth and level of scrutiny goes far beyond that of other popular FinOps solutions and the Cloud platforms themselves.
Monitored resources
| Platform | Resource | Monitored For | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Analysis Services | Idle | ||
| Azure | Analysis Services | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Analysis Services | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | API Management | Idle | ||
| Azure | API Management | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | App Service Plan | Idle | ||
| Azure | App Service Plan | Right-size | ||
| Azure | App Service Plan | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Application Gateway | Idle | ||
| Azure | Application Gateway | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Bastion | Idle | ||
| Azure | Bastion | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Batch | Idle | ||
| Azure | Batch | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Cosmos | Idle | ||
| Azure | Cosmos | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Cloud Services | Idle | ||
| Azure | Cloud Services | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Data Factory | Idle | ||
| Azure | Data Factory | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Firewall | Idle | ||
| Azure | Firewall | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Frontdoor | Idle | ||
| Azure | Frontdoor | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Load Balancer | Idle | ||
| Azure | Load Balancer | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | NAT Gateway | Idle | ||
| Azure | NAT Gateway | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Power BI Embedded | Idle | ||
| Azure | Power BI Embedded | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Power BI Embedded | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Redis Cache | Idle | ||
| Azure | Redis Cache | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Service Bus | Idle | ||
| Azure | Service Bus | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Sql Dtu | Idle | ||
| Azure | Sql Dtu | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql Dtu | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Sql Dtu Storage | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql vCore | Idle | ||
| Azure | Sql vCore | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql vCore | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Sql vCore Storage | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql vCore Serverless | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql vCore Serverless | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Sql Elastic Pool | Idle | ||
| Azure | Sql Elastic Pool | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql Elastic Pool | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Sql Elastic Pool Storage | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql Managed Instance | Idle | ||
| Azure | Sql Managed Instance | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Sql Managed Instance | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Sql Managed Instance Storage | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Virtual Machine | Idle | ||
| Azure | Virtual Machine | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Virtual Machine | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | Virtual Machine | On/Off scheduling | ||
| Azure | VM Scale Set | Idle | ||
| Azure | VM Scale Set | Right-size | ||
| Azure | VM Scale Set | Tag tracking | ||
| Azure | AKS | Idle | ||
| Azure | AKS | Right-size | ||
| Azure | VM Managed Disk Orphaned | Housekeeping | ||
| Azure | Disk Snapshot | Housekeeping | ||
| Azure | VM Managed Disks | Right-size | ||
| Azure | Virtual Network Gateway | Idle | ||
| Azure | Virtual Network Gateway | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Cloud Search | Idle | ||
| AWS | Cloud Search | Right-size | ||
| AWS | Cloud Search | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Cloud HSM | Idle | ||
| AWS | Cloud HSM | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | DynamoDB | Idle | ||
| AWS | DynamoDB | Right-size | ||
| AWS | DynamoDB | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Elastic Block Store | Idle | ||
| AWS | EBS Orphaned | Housekeeping | ||
| AWS | EBS Snapshot | Housekeeping | ||
| AWS | EC2 | Idle | ||
| AWS | EC2 | Right-size | ||
| AWS | EC2 | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | EC2 | On/Off scheduling | ||
| AWS | ElastiCache | Idle | ||
| AWS | ElastiCache | Right-size | ||
| AWS | ElastiCache | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Elastic Search | Idle | ||
| AWS | Elastic Search | Right-size | ||
| AWS | Elastic Search | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer Classic | Idle | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer Classic | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer v2 Application | Idle | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer v2 Application | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer v2 Gateway | Idle | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer v2 Gateway | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer v2 Network | Idle | ||
| AWS | Load Balancer v2 Network | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | RDS | Idle | ||
| AWS | RDS | Right-size | ||
| AWS | RDS | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | Redshift | Idle | ||
| AWS | Redshift | Right-size | ||
| AWS | Redshift | Tag tracking | ||
| AWS | S3 | Right-size | ||
| AWS | S3 | Tag Tracking | ||
| GCP | Compute | Idle | ||
| GCP | Compute | Right-size | ||
| GCP | Compute | Tag tracking | ||
| GCP | Compute | On/Off scheduling |
Security
Altocapa requires limited permissions granted to the Altocapa service on the Cloud platforms you wish to monitor. The Altocapa service only require permissions to read configuration and performance metrics. It does not require and cannot read any of the business data processed by the resources under review. Setup can be completed in just a few minutes. Contact us for full details.
