Scaling Up Storage Space

Scenarios

This section describes how to scale up the storage space of a DB instance to suit your service requirements.

During the scale-up process, the DB instance will not restart, and your services will not be interrupted.

Precautions

• Storage space can only be scaled up.
• To view storage details on the Instances page, contact customer service.

Method 1

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB Mongo API.
3. On the Instances page, click the instance that you want to scale.
4. In the Storage Space area on the Basic Information page, click Scale.
   Figure 1 Scaling up storage space
   

5. On the displayed page, specify the new storage capacity and click Next.
   Figure 2 Scaling up storage space
   

   Select at least 1 GB each time you scale up the storage, and the storage size must be an integer.

6. On the displayed page, confirm the storage space.
   • For yearly/monthly instance
     • If you need to modify your settings, click Previous to go back to the page where you specify details.
     • If you do not need to modify your settings, click Submit and complete the payment.
   • For pay-per-use instances
     • If you need to modify your settings, click Previous to go back to the page where you specify details.
     • If you do not need to modify the specifications, click Submit to scale up the storage space.

7. Check the scaling-up result.
   • The status of the DB instance in the instance list is Scaling up.
   • After the scale up is completed, the instance status becomes Available.
   • In the Storage Space area on the Basic Information page, check whether the scale up was successful.

Method 2

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB Mongo API.
3. On the Instance Management page, locate the instance whose storage space you want to scale up and choose More > Scale Storage Space in the Operation column.
   Figure 3 Scaling up storage space
   

4. On the displayed page, specify the new storage capacity and click Next.
   Figure 4 Scaling up storage space
   

   Select at least 1 GB each time you scale up the storage, and the storage size must be an integer.

5. On the displayed page, confirm the node configuration details.
   • For yearly/monthly DB instances
     • If you need to modify your settings, click Previous to go back to the page where you specify details.
     • If you do not need to modify your settings, click Next and complete the payment.
   • For pay-per-use instances
     • If you need to modify your settings, click Previous to go back to the page where you specify details.
     • If you do not need to modify your settings, click Submit to add the nodes.

6. Check the scaling-up result.
   • The status of the DB instance in the instance list is Scaling up.
   • After the scale up is completed, the instance status becomes Available.
   • In the Storage Space area on the Basic Information page, check whether the scale up was successful.