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Updated on 2026-08-21 GMT+08:00

When Should I Use Node Flavor Change, Scale-Out, or Scale-In for DWS?

The following table lists the application scenarios of the cluster modification options.

Table 1 Cluster modification options

Option

Scenario

Remarks

Scale-out

If your business grows and you have higher requirements on storage capacity and performance, or the CPU of your cluster is insufficient, you are advised to scale out your cluster.

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Scale-in

During off-peak hours when a large amount of cluster capacity is idle, you can reduce the number of nodes to reduce costs.

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Changing the Node Flavor

This option changes cluster flavors (including CPU, memory, and others) to meet service requirements. It does not change the number of nodes.

Elastic specification change is supported only for storage-compute coupled clusters that use ECSs and EVS disks. You can choose Change node flavor to enable elastic specification change.