5 Intriguing ScyllaDB Capabilities You Might Have Overlooked

ScyllaDB offers several advanced features that may be overlooked but are beneficial for optimizing database performance and resource management. Workload Prioritization, available in ScyllaDB Enterprise, enables users to allocate resources efficiently across different types of workloads, reducing costs and improving performance. Heat-Weighted Load Balancing (HWLB) ensures consistent latencies by intelligently routing traffic during cache warm-ups, while Per Shard Concurrency Limit helps manage latency during traffic spikes by setting thresholds for concurrent requests. The Per Partition Rate Limit feature, introduced in ScyllaDB 5.1, allows for rate limiting on a per-table basis to handle specific high-load scenarios like spam attacks. Bypass Cache, an extension to the CQL protocol, prevents cache eviction during large data scans, maintaining low latencies and optimizing cache usage. These capabilities demonstrate ScyllaDB's adaptability in handling diverse workloads effectively.