# Azure Synapse Analytics Optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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2 documented Azure Synapse Analytics cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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2 documented Azure Synapse Analytics cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 2 inefficiencies

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- Azure Synapse Analytics  CER-0448

### [Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools Running During Idle Periods](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/synapse-dedicated-sql-pools-running-during-idle-periods)

An Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool is billed for its data warehouse unit (DWU) level for every hour it is online, regardless of whether any queries run. Compute and storage are billed separately, and pausing the pool releases...

Databases

- Azure Synapse Analytics  CER-0449

### [Missing Auto-Pause on Synapse Spark Pools](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/missing-auto-pause-on-synapse-spark-pools)

A serverless Apache Spark pool in Azure Synapse Analytics is only a definition until a job or notebook session starts it. From that moment, every node in the instance is billed per vCore-hour, prorated by the minute, until the pool pauses....

Compute

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