EC2 Idle Instances page in the AWS EC2 Instances view

The EC2 Idle Instances page in the AWS EC2 Instances view provides an overview of all idle instances. The information can help you to reclaim unused resources.

The Idle Instances table displays the idle instances based on the criteria that you can configure in the EC2 Instances Settings page; that is, instances using less than the specified amount of CPU within the specified number of days. 

To access this page, in the left navigation pane of Views tab, select Views > Cloud > AWS > AWS EC2 Instances and click the EC2 Idle Instances tab.

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EC2 Idle Instances table

The EC2 Idle Instances table lists the following information for each idle instance. You can sort columns in tables alphabetically, or by size. For more information, see Sorting-a-table-in-Views.


For more information about the Days to Saturation and other indicator parameters used for metric computations in this view, see Indicators.

Detailed information about an EC2 instance

After you click the EC2 instance in the Instance Name column, the details for that instance are displayed in the EC2 Instance Details page. The EC2 Instance Details page displays the following information:  


File Systems of the instance

The File Systems tab in the EC2 Instance Details page displays the following information for all file systems of the selected instance.


For more information about the Days to Saturation and other indicator parameters used for metric computations in this view, see Indicators.


 

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