diff --git a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-instances.markdown b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-instances.markdown index c54241db0..c672bb34b 100644 --- a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-instances.markdown +++ b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-instances.markdown @@ -93,13 +93,18 @@ number of IOPS reserved for your instances. {PANEL: A Production Cloud Cluster} The default production configuration is a three-node cluster, provisioned in separate -availability zones for maximum durability. +availability zones for maximum durability. RavenDB Cloud also offers **multi-region clusters** to minimize local latency and clusters with a **higher number of nodes** to further distribute the cluster's workload. [Contact Support](https://ravendb.net/contact) to provision customized cloud-based clusters with configurations that suit your needs. +*Production tier* clusters can be also extended by [additional product nodes](../cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab#nodes-additional-product-nodes). +{INFO: } +This option is not available for **PS** instance types. +{INFO/} + !["Production Tier"](images\tiers-and-instances-003-production.png "Production Tier") {NOTE: } diff --git a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-scaling.markdown b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-scaling.markdown index 1eb6fe25c..f2edeef7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-scaling.markdown +++ b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/cloud-scaling.markdown @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ two RavenDB instances using: * [Scaling Up/Down - General](../cloud/cloud-scaling#scaling-up/down---general) - [Change instance type](../cloud/cloud-scaling#scaling---change-instance-type) - [Change storage](../cloud/cloud-scaling#scaling---change-storage) + * [Additional product nodes - General](#additional-product-nodes---general) + - [Adding a node to a database group](#additional-product-nodes---adding-a-node-to-a-database-group) {NOTE/} @@ -146,6 +148,30 @@ default one. {PANEL/} +{PANEL: Additional product nodes - General} +The *Production Tier* products can be expanded by adding *additional nodes* to the cluster. + +![Figure 8 - Cluster view with additional product nodes](images/studio-cluster-view-with-additional-nodes.png "Figure 8 - Cluster view with additional product nodes") + +{INFO: } +This option **is not available** for **PS** instance types. +The maximum number of additional nodes that can be added equals **3**. +Nodes *A*, *B*, *C* **cannot be removed**. +{INFO/} + +{WARNING: } +The process of adding a new node **does not guarantee** that the node will be distributed in separated *Availability Zone*. +{WARNING/} +{PANEL/} + +{PANEL: Additional product nodes - Adding a node to a database group} +The new product node **does not belong to any database group**. The User should do this *manually* by adding the new node to the database group. +This operation is described [here](https://ravendb.net/docs/article-page/latest/csharp/studio/database/settings/manage-database-group#database-group-topology---add-new-node). + +![Figure 9 - Add a new node to the database group](images/studio-add-new-node-to-database-group.png "Figure 9 - Add a new node to the database group") + +{PANEL/} + ##Related Articles **Cloud** diff --git a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/images/studio-add-new-node-to-database-group.png b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/images/studio-add-new-node-to-database-group.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..284d4704b Binary files /dev/null and b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/images/studio-add-new-node-to-database-group.png differ diff --git a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/images/studio-cluster-view-with-additional-nodes.png b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/images/studio-cluster-view-with-additional-nodes.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ab5af83d1 Binary files /dev/null and b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/images/studio-cluster-view-with-additional-nodes.png differ diff --git a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab.markdown b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab.markdown index 66929d1b4..02e8f5406 100644 --- a/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab.markdown +++ b/Documentation/4.2/Raven.Documentation.Pages/cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab.markdown @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and [Production](../../cloud/cloud-overview#the-production-tier). - [Change Instance Type and Storage](../../cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab#change-instance-type-and-storage) - [Security: Your Certificate and Allowed IPs](../../cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab#security-your-certificate-and-allowed-ips) - [Manage features](#manage-features) + - [Nodes: Additional product nodes](../../cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab#nodes-additional-product-nodes) - [Maintenance and Danger Zones: Terminate and Restart your Instance](../../cloud/portal/cloud-portal-products-tab#maintenance-and-danger-zones-terminate-and-restart-your-instance) {NOTE/} @@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ allowed to connect your database instance. ### Manage features -You can view features available for your product, enable, disable and configure them here. +You can view features available for your product, enable, disable and configure them here. {NOTE: Important } After enabling features some of them must be configured to work properly. @@ -210,24 +211,34 @@ Available features are described on [Product Features](../cloud-features) page. --- +### Nodes: Additional product nodes + +You can expand your cluster by adding *more product nodes* to your cluster. This helps improve *High Availability* and *task/load balancing*. + +!["Figure 19 - Nodes: Manage additional nodes"](images/portal-product-nodes-additional-nodes.png "Figure 19 - Nodes: Manage additional nodes") + +More details can be found [here](../cloud-scaling#additional-product-nodes---general). + +--- + ### Maintenance and Danger Zones: Terminate and Restart your Instance You can restart your product nodes, deploy additional tools and terminate your product here. -!["Figure 19 - Manage Product: Maintenance and Termination"](images\portal-product-details-maintenance-and-termination.png "Figure 19 - Manage Product: Terminate") +!["Figure 20 - Manage Product: Maintenance and Termination"](images\portal-product-details-maintenance-and-termination.png "Figure 20 - Manage Product: Terminate") --- * **Maintenance Zone** Use this tab to restart selected node and deploy RavenDB tools. -!["Figure 20 - Manage Product: Storage"](images\portal-product-details-maintenance-zone.png "Figure 20 - Manage Product: Maintenance Zone") +!["Figure 21 - Manage Product: Storage"](images\portal-product-details-maintenance-zone.png "Figure 21 - Manage Product: Maintenance Zone") --- * **Danger Zone** Use this tab's **Terminate** button to eliminate your cluster. -!["Figure 21 - Manage Product: Terminate"](images\portal-product-details-terminate-product.png "Figure 21 - Manage Product: Danger Zone") +!["Figure 22 - Manage Product: Terminate"](images\portal-product-details-terminate-product.png "Figure 22 - Manage Product: Danger Zone") {DANGER: } Terminating your instance is **irreversible**. 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