Auto Flow Control

Auto Flow Control allows you to set criteria, such as the vCPU threshold and maximum number of active connections. When the criteria are met, auto flow control will be automatically triggered to ensure stability of your workloads.

Procedure

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

Alternatively, on the Overview page, click Go to Intelligent O&M.
In the upper right corner of the Instance List page, search for instances by engine type, instance name, or instance IP.
Locate the target instance and click Details.
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.
Click Auto Flow Control.
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
After auto flow control is enabled, determine whether to kill sessions based on service requirements. For details, see Sessions.