Managing Cluster Capacity

Manages cluster capacity across all CockroachDB deployment tiers. What "capacity" means varies by tier — Self-Hosted manages individual nodes, Advanced/BYOC manage node count and machine size, Standard manages provisioned vCPUs, and Basic auto-scales with cost controls.

When to Use This Skill

• Permanently removing a node from a cluster (Self-Hosted)
• Adding nodes to increase capacity (Self-Hosted)
• Scaling cluster node count or machine size (Advanced, BYOC)
• Adjusting provisioned compute (Standard)
• Managing costs on a serverless cluster (Basic)
• Replacing hardware or migrating infrastructure (Self-Hosted, BYOC)
• Replacing a failed or dead node (Self-Hosted)
• Managing storage utilization and disk pressure (Self-Hosted)

For temporary maintenance (not capacity changes): Use performing-cluster-maintenance. For pre-operation health check: Use reviewing-cluster-health.