# Tutorial: View compute resource memory
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You can view how much memory a compute resource registers with in the Amazon ECS console or with the [DescribeContainerInstances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeContainerInstances.html) API operation. If you're trying to maximize your resource utilization by providing your jobs as much memory as possible for a particular instance type, you can observe the memory available for that compute resource and then assign your jobs that much memory.

**To view compute resource memory**

1. Open the console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2).

1. Choose **Clusters**, and then choose the cluster that hosts your compute resources to view.

   The cluster name for your compute environment begins with your compute environment name.

1. Choose **Infrastructure**.

1. Under **Container instances**, choose the container instance.

1. The **Resources and networking** section shows the registered and available memory for the compute resource.

   The **Total capacity** memory value is what the compute resource registered with Amazon ECS when it was first launched, and the **Available** memory value is what hasn't already been allocated to jobs.