Cloud Resource Utilization Dashboard Example

Use this dashboard to identify and decommission unused or underutilized cloud assets, reduce operational costs, and align resources with real-time demand. It also supports sustainability efforts by ensuring only necessary resources remain active.

Key Features:

• Usage Metrics: Display CPU, memory, and network metrics to quickly identify servers, instances, or containers with consistently low utilization.
• Cost Insights: Integrate cost analytics to show real-time or historical spending for each resource, supporting data-driven decisions to remove or downsize underused components.
• Automated Alerts: Receive notifications when resource usage drops below defined thresholds for extended periods, prompting rapid decommissioning of idle assets.
• Environment-Friendly Focus: Highlight the ecological impact of unnecessary resource consumption by including estimated energy usage or carbon emission data where available.

Implementation Steps:

1. Set up a metrics collection tool (e.g., Amazon CloudWatch) to gather usage statistics across compute, storage, and networking services.
2. Integrate these metrics into a visualization platform (such as Amazon QuickSight or Grafana) to create interactive dashboards.
3. Create custom filters and alerts that target resources with low utilization over a specified timeframe.
4. Implement automated scripts or Lambda functions to trigger resource decommissioning workflows when alerts are triggered.
5. Review the dashboard regularly to ensure alignment with changing workloads and maintain continual optimization.