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EBS and Managed Disks: The Orphaned Volume Problem

FinOps for Scalable Infrastructure

Ghost in the Machine

When you delete an instance, the disk (EBS/Azure Disk) often stays behind and keeps billing you. This is 'orphaned storage'.

Automated Cleanup

We will learn how to write a script (Lambda or Azure Function) to find and delete volumes that are not attached to any VM.

Snapshots

Old snapshots of deleted volumes can cost a fortune. We'll set up a retention policy.