name: Densify Vocabulary
description: >-
  Shared vocabulary of terms used across the Densify cloud and container
  optimization platform and its REST APIs.
terms:
  - term: Densify Platform
    definition: >-
      The Densify SaaS platform that ingests utilization data and produces
      machine-learned right-sizing recommendations for cloud and container
      workloads.
  - term: Account
    definition: >-
      A cloud provider account such as an AWS account, Azure subscription, or
      GCP project that has been onboarded into Densify.
  - term: System
    definition: >-
      A virtual machine or instance under analysis, identified by provider,
      region, and instance ID.
  - term: Cluster
    definition: >-
      A Kubernetes cluster onboarded into Densify for container right-sizing.
  - term: Namespace
    definition: >-
      A Kubernetes namespace inside a cluster used to scope container
      recommendations.
  - term: Controller
    definition: >-
      A Deployment, StatefulSet, DaemonSet, or other Kubernetes controller
      whose pods are analyzed for right-sizing.
  - term: Container Group
    definition: >-
      The grouping of identical containers across the pods of a controller
      that share a recommendation.
  - term: Recommendation
    definition: >-
      A right-sizing or rehosting suggestion produced by Densify analytics for
      a system or container.
  - term: Current Size
    definition: >-
      The instance type or container request/limit currently in effect for a
      workload.
  - term: Recommended Size
    definition: >-
      The instance type or container request/limit Densify recommends based
      on observed utilization patterns.
  - term: Savings
    definition: >-
      The estimated monthly or annual cost reduction associated with applying
      a recommendation.
  - term: Confidence
    definition: >-
      The level of statistical confidence in a recommendation, reflecting
      data quality and pattern strength.
  - term: Analysis
    definition: >-
      A scheduled run of Densify's machine learning models against ingested
      utilization data that produces a fresh set of recommendations.
  - term: Token
    definition: >-
      A short-lived JSON Web Token issued by /authorize and required for
      subsequent API calls.
  - term: Postman Collection
    definition: >-
      A published collection of example API requests provided to accelerate
      Densify integrations.
  - term: Continuous Optimization
    definition: >-
      The CI/CD-integrated process of continuously applying right-sizing
      recommendations to live workloads.
  - term: FinOps
    definition: >-
      The practice of bringing financial accountability to the variable
      spending model of cloud, which Densify supports through optimization.