# \#sizing

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## [Request for Guidance: Using ScyllaDB for API Response Caching (POC in Progress)](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/request-for-guidance-using-scylladb-for-api-response-caching-poc-in-progress/5106)

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**Author:** [@Dadasaheb](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Dadasaheb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/request-for-guidance-using-scylladb-for-api-response-caching-poc-in-progress/5106 "2025-12-01T07:50:04Z")

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Dear ScyllaDB Team, I am currently working on a POC (Proof of Concept) using ScyllaDB on-prem trial version as a caching layer for some of our APIs, such as transaction history , account summary etc. The goal is to redu…

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## [Performance issue, throughput drop and latency increase](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/performance-issue-throughput-drop-and-latency-increase/3437)

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**Author:** [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/performance-issue-throughput-drop-and-latency-increase/3437 "2024-11-28T04:46:37Z")

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## [Limitations of tiny partitions](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/limitations-of-tiny-partitions/3103)

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**Author:** [@sandeepm](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/sandeepm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/limitations-of-tiny-partitions/3103 "2024-10-28T14:29:09Z")

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I am having around 150 million rows in a table. Each row is a partition which means 150 million partitions. Size of each partition is 24kb. I know that small partitions work perfectly for even distribution of data witho…

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## [Bloom Filters, memory reclamation, and affects on RAM and Disk I/O](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/bloom-filters-memory-reclamation-and-affects-on-ram-and-disk-i-o/2127)

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**Author:** [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/bloom-filters-memory-reclamation-and-affects-on-ram-and-disk-i-o/2127 "2024-06-05T10:12:02Z")

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## [Understanding timeout issue in logs, count (I/O) and memory are not saturated](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/understanding-timeout-issue-in-logs-count-i-o-and-memory-are-not-saturated/1502)

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**Author:** [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/understanding-timeout-issue-in-logs-count-i-o-and-memory-are-not-saturated/1502 "2024-04-21T05:27:04Z")

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## [ScyllaDB maximum node size, RAM:Disk ratio, CPUs](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/scylladb-maximum-node-size-ram-disk-ratio-cpus/1432)

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**Author:** [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/scylladb-maximum-node-size-ram-disk-ratio-cpus/1432 "2024-03-28T05:48:27Z")

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## [Memory issue - deleting big partitions in ScyllaDB with TimeWindowCompactionStrategy](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/memory-issue-deleting-big-partitions-in-scylladb-with-timewindowcompactionstrategy/1395)

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**Author:** [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/memory-issue-deleting-big-partitions-in-scylladb-with-timewindowcompactionstrategy/1395 "2024-03-19T05:59:29Z")

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## [What could be the best strategy to horizontally upscale the scylla cluster in the anticipation of high load due to an event](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/what-could-be-the-best-strategy-to-horizontally-upscale-the-scylla-cluster-in-the-anticipation-of-high-load-due-to-an-event/979)

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**Author:** [@arpit\_upadhyay](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/arpit_upadhyay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/what-could-be-the-best-strategy-to-horizontally-upscale-the-scylla-cluster-in-the-anticipation-of-high-load-due-to-an-event/979 "2023-11-07T17:28:56Z")

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what could be the best strategy to horizontally upscale the scylla cluster in the anticipation of high load due to an event

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## [How do I change the node instance size in a running cluster?](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-do-i-change-the-node-instance-size-in-a-running-cluster/220)

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**Author:** [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-do-i-change-the-node-instance-size-in-a-running-cluster/220 "2023-11-01T20:21:36Z")

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I have a Scylla cluster running on AWS i3en.xlarge instances. How can I change the instances to a different size, for example, i3en.2xlarge? One way would be to replace each node, that is, to add and remove a node. Is…
