Change the tier of your database instance

Select tier¶

Choosing an appropriate tier depends on your application's requirements such as:

• the amount of data you expect to store and query
• the number of concurrent connections you expect to handle

The tier you choose will affect the performance and cost of your database.

See the reference page for a list of available tiers.

Change tier¶

To change the tier, modify the tier field in your application manifest:

spec:
  gcp:
    sqlInstances:
      - type: POSTGRES_16
        tier: db-custom-1-3840
        databases:
          - name: mydb

Commit and push the changes to your application repository.

The tier will be updated the next time you deploy your application.

Updating the tier results in your database being restarted, which means it will be unavailable for up to a few minutes.