# GCP Cloud Memorystore optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub Canonical: https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-memorystore 2 documented GCP Cloud Memorystore cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it. [Cloud Efficiency Hub](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub) 2 documented GCP Cloud Memorystore cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it. ## 2 inefficiencies [All services](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub#browse-by-service) - GCP Cloud Memorystore CER-0214 ### [Idle Cloud Memorystore Redis Instance](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/idle-cloud-memorystore-redis-instance) Cloud Memorystore instances that remain idle-i.e., not receiving read or write requests-continue to incur full costs based on provisioned size. In test environments, migration scenarios, or deprecated application components, Redis... Databases - GCP Cloud Memorystore CER-0483 ### [Overprovisioned Memorystore Instance Capacity](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/overprovisioned-memorystore-instance-capacity) Memorystore for Redis instances are billed in 1-second increments on their provisioned capacity in GiB, at a rate set by service tier, capacity tier and region. Google's memory management guidance is explicit that instance capacity is the... Databases ## More GCP services - [GCP Compute Engine 14](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-compute-engine) - [GCP BigQuery 9](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-bigquery) - [GCP GKE 9](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-gke) - [GCP Cloud SQL 8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-sql) - [GCP GCS 6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-gcs) - [GCP Cloud Logging 5](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-logging) - [GCP Vertex AI 5](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-vertex-ai) - [GCP Dataflow 4](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-dataflow) - [GCP Cloud Run 3](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-run) - [GCP Cloud NAT 2](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-nat) --- Source: the public page above. Product screenshots and illustrative interfaces are examples, not live customer data.