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Overview

As workload volumes change, the resource requirements of your GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible instance may need to be adjusted. You can scale your instance in the following ways.

Table 1 Adding and deleting nodes

Method

Supported Deployment Type

Manually Adding Nodes to a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible Instance
  • Cloud native
  • Classic

Configuring Autoscaling for a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible Instance
  • Cloud native
  • Classic

Manually Deleting Nodes from a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible Instance
  • Cloud native
  • Classic

Manually Adding Nodes

For example, adding two nodes to a 3-node instance expands it to five nodes. For details, see Manually Adding Nodes to a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible Instance.

Figure 1 Adding nodes

Configuring Autoscaling for an Instance

For example, automatically adding two nodes to a 3-node instance expands it to five nodes. For details, see Configuring Autoscaling for a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible Instance.

Figure 2 Adding instance nodes

Manually Deleting Nodes

For example, deleting two nodes from a 5-node instance reduces it to three nodes. For details, see Manually Deleting Nodes from a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible Instance.

Figure 3 Deleting nodes
Parent Topic: Adding and Deleting Nodes