Hi Ashilnayak2,
When it comes to rightsizing in the preparation for cloud migration, or even rightsizing for rightsizing sake, it is definitely not crazy to think about trimming or allocating additional resources. One of the ways Flexera adds context to have a better informed IT estate is by adding Performance Profiles. Performance Profiles allow you to cross reference the usage of a system compared to what resources it is allocated so to better understand if trimming or expanding resources is recommended. Consuming this information at an application centric perspective allows you to then understand which Business Services are potentially allocated Zombie or Idle servers. The below is from Flexera documentation:
Performance Profiles
We will profile devices based on their performance. These profiles are applied as tags to the device daily as long as we are receiving performance uploads.
| Profile |
Description |
| Strained |
At least 1 performance issue has been found as calculated across all collected data (i.e. all-time) for the device. This is calculated daily as long as we are receiving performance uploads. Performance issues and their definitions can be found on the Issue Summary Page or by exploring the devices with issues column on the All Applications page. |
| In Use |
Not determined to fall into the other categories |
| Idle |
Average CPU and Mem below 20% for the last 90 days of collected data |
| Zombie |
Average CPU and Mem below 5% AND the device is not the DEST for any known/critical flows |
For more information, check out this datasheet: https://www.flexera.com/media/pdfs/datasheet-foundation-cloudscape.pdf
-ssbarbeau
