Accessing EC2 instance recommendations and details - AWS Compute Optimizer
Procedures

Accessing EC2 instance recommendations and details

You can use one of the following procedures to access either the EC2 instances recommendations or the EC2 instance details pages in the AWS Console.

On the EC2 instances recommendations page you can view the recommendations for your current instances. On the EC2 instance details page you can view the details of a specific instance and its recommendations.

Procedures

To access the EC2 instances recommendations page

  1. Open the Compute Optimizer console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/.

  2. Choose EC2 instances in the navigation pane.

    The recommendations page lists the specifications and finding classifications of your current instances and the specifications of the recommended instances. The current instances listed are from the AWS Region that is currently selected, in the selected account.

  3. You can perform the following actions on the recommendations page:

    • View the price and performance impact of running your workload on AWS Graviton-based instances. To do this, choose Graviton (aws-arm64) in the CPU architecture preference dropdown list. Otherwise, the Current (default) option displays recommendations that are based on the same CPU vendor and architecture as the current instance.

    • Filter recommendations by AWS Regions, Findings, Finding reasons, or Inferred Workload Type. To do this, first select the Filter by one or more properties text box. Then, choose the property and a value in the dropdown list that appears.

    • Filter your recommendations by tags. To do this, first select the Tag key or Tag value text box. Then, enter the key or value that you want to filter your EC2 instance recommendations by.

      For example, to find all the 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.

    • View recommendations for instances in another account. To do this, choose Account, and then select a different account ID.

      Note

      If you're signed in to a management account of an organization and trusted access with Compute Optimizer is enabled, you can view recommendations for resources in other accounts. For more information, see Accounts supported by Compute Optimizer and Trusted access for AWS Organizations.

    • Clear the selected filters. To do this, choose Clear filters next to the filter.

    • Access the EC2 instance details page for a specific instance. To do this, choose the finding classification listed next to the instance that you want to access.

To access the EC2 instance details page

  1. Open the Compute Optimizer console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/.

  2. Choose EC2 instances in the navigation pane.

  3. Choose the finding classification listed next to the instance that you want to view detailed information for.

    The details page lists up to three optimization recommendations for the instance that you chose. The page lists the specifications of your current instance, the specifications and performance risks of the recommended instances, and utilization metric graphs.

  4. You can perform the following actions on the details page:

    • To view the price and performance impact of running your workload on AWS Graviton-based instances, choose Graviton (aws-arm64) in the CPU architecture preference dropdown. Otherwise, the Current (default) option displays recommendations that are based on the same CPU vendor and architecture as the current instance.

    • Activate the enhanced infrastructure metrics paid feature to extend the metrics analysis look-back period for the EC2 instance you're viewing up to three months (compared to the 14-day default). For more information, see Enhanced infrastructure metrics.

    • Choose a recommendation option to view the utilization comparison between your current instance and a recommended instance.

      The utilization metric graphs for your current instance are displayed at the bottom of the page. The solid blue line is the utilization of your current instance. The dotted orange line is the projected utilization of the selected recommended instance if you use that instance during the analyzed period. The dotted orange line is displayed in the CPU utilization and memory utilization graphs.

    • To change the time range of the graphs, choose Time Range, and then choose Last 24 hours, Last 3 days, Last week, or Last 2 weeks. If you activate the enhanced infrastructure metrics recommendation preference, you can also choose Last 3 months.

      Choosing a shorter time range displays the data points at a higher granularity, which provides a higher level of detail.

    • To change the statistic value of the graphs, choose Statistics, and then choose Average or Maximum.

      You can use this option to determine the typical instance utilization of your workload over time. To view the highest value observed during the specified period, change the selection to Maximum. This way, you can determine the peak instance usage of your workload over time.