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Unlocking New Levels of Efficiency: Turbonomic Optimization for GCP C3 and Hyperdisk Balanced

By Juan Angel Muñoz posted 30 days ago

  

As cloud environments grow more complex, the need for intelligent, automated optimization becomes critical. At Turbonomic, we’re excited to introduce a new capability that brings deeper optimization to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments—specifically targeting C3 machine type and Hyperdisk Balanced storage. 

  • Available as of Turbonomic release version 8.15.1. Customers that are currently on that version or higher can utilize this feature today. 

  • Turbonomic now delivers intelligent, automated optimization for GCP’s latest compute and storage offerings. Discover how your team can reduce costs and improve performance with actionable insights. 

Introduction 

As cloud environments evolve, so do the challenges of managing performance and cost. Google Cloud’s C3 machine types and Hyperdisk Balanced storage offer powerful capabilities—but without intelligent automation, they can be difficult to optimize effectively. That’s why Turbonomic is introducing new support for these technologies, giving CloudOps and FinOps teams the tools they need to make smarter, faster, and more cost-effective decisions. 

What’s New in Turbonomic 

C3 machine type is one of GCP’s next-generation general-purpose VMs. They offer significant performance improvements for compute-intensive workloads, with better price-performance ratios compared to previous generations. Hyperdisk Balanced, on the other hand, is one of GCP’s latest block storage innovation. It provides high IOPS and throughput with customizable performance, making it ideal for a wide range of workloads. Together, these technologies offer a powerful foundation for modern cloud-native applications—but only if they’re used efficiently. 

The new optimization capability introduces: 

  • Pricing discovery: Turbonomic discovers and ingests GCP pricing for C3 machine type and Hyperdisk Balanced to calculate cost impact. 

  • Performance Metrics: Real-time ingestion of CPU, Memory IOPS and IO Throughput utilization metrics. 

  • Executable Actions: Automatically generate optimization opportunities to ensure application performance at the lower cost which can be executable from Turbonomic UI.  

  • Policy-Driven Automation: Ensures optimization actions align with business rules and compliance requirements. 

  • Realized Savings reporting: Track savings realized by executing those actions. 

Which Value This Feature Brings? 

💰 Cost Savings 

  • Automatically identifies and executes optimization actions for C3 VMs and Hyperdisk balanced volumes. 

  • Tracks and reports realized savings per resource, helping teams demonstrate ROI. 

⚙️ Operational Efficiency 

  • Reduces manual analysis and intervention through intelligent automation. 

  • Frees up CloudOps teams to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine optimization tasks. 

📈 Performance Assurance 

  • Ensures workloads get the resources they need—no more, no less—by continuously analyzing real-time performance metrics. 

📊 Data-Driven Decision Making 

  • Provides actionable insights backed by real-time utilization data. 

  • Enables cloud scale and delete informed decisions. 

🔐 Policy-Driven Governance 

  • Supports custom policies to ensure optimization actions align with business rules, compliance, and risk tolerance. 

📉 Cloud Waste Reduction 

  • Helps eliminate unused or oversized resources, contributing to a more sustainable and cost-effective cloud footprint. 

How does a real example look like? 

In the figure below, a Hyperdisk balanced volume scale down is presented. IBM Turbonomic is providing a recommendation to scale down IOPS and IO Throughput capacity where 139$ can be saved. That action can be manually or automatically executed directly from IBM Turbonomic user interface. 

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Conclusion 

This new capability empowers teams to make smarter decisions, reduce costs, and ensure performance at scale. By automating right-sizing or delete actions and providing real-time insights, Turbonomic turns complexity into opportunity. Start optimizing today and unlock the full potential of your GCP environment. 

 

New to Turbonomic? You can now try IBM Turbonomic for free for 30-days with no credit card required. For more information, visit our trial sign up page: https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/subscribe?formid=urx-52198 

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