ReShaping

Dynamic architecture intelligence for EC2, RDS, EBS & ECS.

Reshaping analyzes your instance level usage & utilization data, scanning 100,000+ potential AWS machine architectures to find hidden efficiencies you can gain back by reducing your idle machine resources.

Intelligently integrated into your FinOps spending data (including effective savings rates, and RI footprint). Customizable via your account preferences on provisioning & headroom.

Understanding Home Dashboard

Reshaping will start by summarizng your monthly costs/service with graphs for current and previous month.

Click SEE DETAILS in each product box to expand your view for that product & review the AI suggestions to improve your architecture.

Expanded View & AI Suggestions

Your expanded view will show the savings detected, with exact instance changes that fit your preferences. Click AI SUGGESTION to reveal the details of each instance suggestion.

Understanding AI Suggestion Popup Box

The popup box will reveal even more details on the suggestion relative to historical usage patterns detected that governs the AI recommendations. North AI will suggest a different machine type or size based on your workloads. You can also see the historical usage patterns in CPU & network traffic to further analyze the recommendation.

Changing Your ReShaping Preferences

You can adjust the account preferences for how the machine learning model analyzes your machines and recommends improvements. To do this, click the gear icon on the reshaping homepage. Please note that changes will take 24 hours to appear in the output data as the analysis re-runs in the background. It is recommended to change preferences infrequently, ideally once a month or quarter, to avoid confusion.

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