Runs infrastructure · Machines, data and operations

Database Traffic Controller

Keeps heavy bulk writes from flattening the database: it prices each write by its expected load, lets cheap work through, holds heavy work until there is room, and tunes the write workers.

Asked byThe Database Guard
The Pipeline Foreman
Serves
  • The Database Guard
  • The Pipeline Foreman

What it does

Keeps heavy bulk writes from flattening the database: it prices each write by its expected load, lets cheap work through, holds heavy work until there is room, and tunes the write workers. You can run it in watch-only mode first and switch to enforcing when you trust the numbers.

For a database administrator.

Roles it serves

The Database GuardFor a team whose database takes writes from many directions.The Pipeline ForemanFor a data team lead who needs a new processing job by Thursday.

Works alongside

The specialists it shares the most crews with.

Batch Job ControllerRuns infrastructureWorker Fleet ScalerRuns infrastructureData Job BuilderRuns infrastructureData Lineage InvestigatorAudits and guardsDatabase Overload GuardAudits and guardsInternal Automation BuilderDoes the work