Understanding Recommendation Detail
Each recommendation result includes detail about what was found and what it takes to act on it. This information helps you decide whether to act, defer, or dismiss a recommendation.
Impact
How significant the potential saving or improvement is.
| Level | What it means |
|---|---|
| High | Acting on this could make a meaningful difference to your bill or service health. |
| Medium | A worthwhile improvement, though not urgent. |
| Low | A minor saving or low-priority improvement. |
| Unknown | The cloud provider didn't report an impact level. |
Implementation effort
How much work is involved in making the change.
| Level | What it means |
|---|---|
| Very Low | A quick, trivial change — a few clicks or a simple toggle. |
| Low | Straightforward, low-risk action that shouldn't take long. |
| Medium | Requires some planning or coordination with your team. |
| High | Significant work — expect downtime or careful scheduling. |
| Very High | A complex change, such as a migration or architectural redesign. |
| Unknown | Effort wasn't reported by the provider. |
Performance risk
A measure of how likely it is that making the change could affect your workload's performance. A low or absent risk score means the change is generally safe to proceed with. A high risk score means you should test carefully before applying it in production.
Restart required
When shown, this flag means the resource (e.g. a virtual machine) must be stopped and restarted as part of the change. Plan for a short outage window if your workload is running.
Can be rolled back
When shown, this means the change can be undone if something goes wrong. If rollback is not possible, make sure you have a recovery plan before proceeding.
Why this resource was flagged
A short description of what CloudCtrl (or the cloud provider) found — for example, "CPU over-provisioned for the past 14 days" or "No transactions recorded in 30 days". This gives you context to verify the finding before acting.
Current and recommended configuration
For rightsizing recommendations, CloudCtrl shows you the resource's current size and the recommended size — for example, "m5.2xlarge → m5.xlarge". This makes it easy to confirm the change before you make it.
Estimated saving
The estimated monthly saving if you act on this recommendation. Where the cloud provider gives a percentage saving as well as a dollar amount, both are shown. Note that savings estimates based on standard list pricing may differ from your actual negotiated rates.
Steps to implement
Where available, CloudCtrl shows you an ordered list of steps to carry out the change. For some recommendations, a direct link to the relevant page in your cloud provider's console is also provided.