Zero to ~2M OPS in 5 Minutes on ScyllaDB Cloud

Avishai Ish Shalom from the ScyllaDB team discusses the ease of scaling databases to handle large workloads using ScyllaDB Cloud's pricing and sizing calculator, which aids in determining the appropriate cluster size based on peak workload requirements. The article details a test conducted with ScyllaDB Cloud to manage a sustained workload of 1 million operations per second, revealing that the recommended cluster, although more robust than necessary, can handle nearly 2 million operations per second with low latency. The test highlights the importance of benchmarking potential configurations before settling on a cluster size, as real-world performance can vary due to factors like data accumulation and compactions. The process of setting up and running load tests in the cloud is simplified through automated provisioning and pre-configured templates, making it accessible for users to validate the performance of their ScyllaDB clusters.