How Do You Scale Dynamodb

To configure auto scaling in DynamoDB, you set the minimum and maximum levels of read and write capacity in addition to the target utilization percentage. Auto scaling uses Amazon CloudWatch to monitor a table’s read and write capacity metrics. To do so, it creates CloudWatch alarms that track consumed capacity.

Is Amazon DynamoDB scalable?

Amazon DynamoDB is based on the principles of Dynamo, a progenitor of NoSQL, and brings the power of the cloud to the NoSQL database world. It offers customers high-availability, reliability, and incremental scalability, with no limits on dataset size or request throughput for a given table.

How do I enable auto scaling in DynamoDB?

Select Customize settings. In the Read/write capacity settings section, select Provisioned capacity mode and set Auto scaling to On for Read capacity, Write capacity, or both. For each of these, set your desired scaling policy for the table and, optionally, all global secondary indexes of the table.