Explanation
Why the waste happens and who it affects.
Buckets that haven't been read from or written to in months may contain outdated data or artifacts from discontinued projects.
Billing model
The pricing dimensions that drive this cost.
Charged per GB stored per month, regardless of access frequency.
How to detect
4 checks to find it in your estate.
- Review access logs or object metadata to identify buckets with no recent read/write activity
- Confirm whether the bucket serves an archival or active workload purpose
- Evaluate organizational retention policies to determine if long-term storage is required
- Check for object versioning or lifecycle policies that may be retaining stale data
How to fix
4 ways to remove the waste.
- Archive or delete data from inactive buckets after stakeholder confirmation
- Apply lifecycle rules to transition or expire infrequently accessed data
- Migrate cold data to OCI Archive Storage for reduced cost
- Delete unused buckets to stop further storage accrual
Documentation
Vendor references for pricing and configuration.