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DBSteward Tool Splits AWS RDS Bills by Database Usage

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

HiFX built DBSteward to allocate shared AWS RDS instance costs per database. It measures CPU, I/O, and storage inside the engine, not from the bill. The tool handles counters and gauges separately and excludes system overhead for fair chargebacks.

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A practical fix for a common cloud cost problem, but it only works on SQL Server and requires installing an agent on each instance.
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