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Auto Throttling

You can set criteria, such as the CPU threshold and maximum number of active connections. When the criteria are met, auto throttling will be triggered to ensure availability of your workloads.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner, and under Databases, click Data Admin Service.
  4. In the navigation pane, choose Intelligent O&M > Instance List.

    Alternatively, on the Overview page, click Go to Intelligent O&M.

  5. In the upper right corner of the Instance List page, search for instances by engine type, instance name, or instance IP.
  6. Locate the target instance and click Details.
  7. Choose SQL > Auto Throttling.

    Figure 1 Auto throttling

    Auto throttling is unavailable to free instances. To use the function, set free instances as paid or subscribe to advanced Intelligent O&M.

  8. Click Auto Throttling.
  9. In the displayed dialog box, set the control range, time, and policy and click OK.

    Figure 2 Configuring auto throttling criteria

    You can contact the customer service to grant permissions to set a custom time window from 00:00 to 23:59.

    Figure 3 Time

  10. After auto throttling is enabled, determine whether to kill sessions. For details, see Sessions.
Parent topic: SQL