DSM 2.2: Scale down support for Postgres databases (Video)

I have another new video to share with you today. This looks at another new feature of Data Services Manager version 2.2. This feature is the ability to scale down the virtual machine resources associated with a Postgres database VM. The ability to scale up the virtual machines resources has been available for some time, but this is the first time we have had scale down capabilities. As you will see in the video, it is done by choosing a different VM Class for the database. VM Classes are defined in the Infrastructure Policy. So now if you expect a ‘Black Friday’ type event for your database, or even an end of month batch job, you can give your database more resources immediately prior to the event, and remove them after the event. This is a pretty useful feature in my opinion.