Overview
This article covers the Instance Reservation Management section in Aqua's left menu. It allows you to view and manage the Reserved Instances (RI) and Savings Plans (SP) held across your managed accounts.
RI Management
Displays a list of Reserved Instances held across your managed accounts, along with their utilisation status.
Viewing RI List and Utilisation
Use the tabs at the top of the page to select the granularity of the view:
Payer level — Shows RIs held by accounts under the selected Payer account
Billing group level — Shows RIs held by accounts within the selected billing group
Account Group level — Shows RIs held at a custom account grouping level
Account groups are created by Alphaus on request. Please contact us if you need one set up.
Metrics shown above the graph:
Metric | Description |
On-demand cost | The on-demand cost for the portion covered by purchased RIs |
RI applied amount | Usage charges after RI discounts are applied |
Total savings | Total cost reduction achieved by purchasing RIs (On-demand cost − RI applied amount) |
Graph
Displays the utilisation rate (%) and savings for each RI within the selected date range. Click Show only underutilized RIs to filter the list to RIs with a utilisation rate below 100%. You can also filter by account or service to focus on specific RIs.
List
Each RI is displayed as one row, grouped by type. The following columns are shown:
Column | Description |
Service | The service the RI was purchased for (e.g. RDS, ElastiCache, ES) |
Instance type (quantity) | Instance type and number of instances |
Billing group | The Ripple billing group the purchasing account belongs to |
Account | The purchasing account |
Purchase date | Date and time of purchase (UTC) |
Expiry | Expiry date (UTC) |
RI status | Only relevant when the RI transfer feature is used |
ARN | The RI's ARN |
Payment account | Attributes of the purchasing account |
Scope | Region or AZ |
Zone | Availability Zone |
Payment option | Type (Standard or Convertible), term (1 or 3 years), and payment type (All Upfront, Partial Upfront, No Upfront) |
Upfront amount | Amount paid at time of purchase — applies to All Upfront and Partial Upfront payment types only |
Need More Help?
If any errors occur or if you have any questions, please reach out to us:
📧 Email: ripple_cs@alphaus.cloud
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