Heya, I’m using a hosted MySQL8 DB and a hosted Redis 7 DB, but i’m wondering if i’ve “over scaled” them for the need i have. Looking at the insights they’re sitting comfortably around 60% memory usage, but rarely goes above 50% CPU usage. Database Instance ( 4 GB RAM / 2vCPU ):Database Instance Redis Instance ( 4 GB RAM / 2vCPU ):Redis Instance Would it be fine to scale them down or should i keep them where they are at?Both time intervals are set to 7 days, to show an average of the load i’m getting on the instances.

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Oversized databases considering the load?

Posted on November 26, 2023
Database Databases DigitalOcean Managed MySQL Database DigitalOcean Managed Redis MySQL Redis
Asked by Mads Jürgensen

Heya,

I’m using a hosted MySQL8 DB and a hosted Redis 7 DB, but i’m wondering if i’ve “over scaled” them for the need i have.

Looking at the insights they’re sitting comfortably around 60% memory usage, but rarely goes above 50% CPU usage.

Database Instance ( 4 GB RAM / 2vCPU ):

Redis Instance ( 4 GB RAM / 2vCPU ):

Would it be fine to scale them down or should i keep them where they are at? Both time intervals are set to 7 days, to show an average of the load i’m getting on the instances.

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