Bursting and Smoothing — Yin and Yang of the Fabric Capacity!
Learn about two key concepts that balance your Fabric capacity workload, and how to save money along the way!
The wait is over — Microsoft Fabric has been officially generally available since last November! If you want to learn more about the latest SaaS solution from Microsoft, I get you covered — go and read this article to understand all the details and nuances around Fabric.
I’ve also written an article about different pricing models for Fabric. One of these models, Pay-as-you-go, works in a slightly different way compared to the reserved instance pricing model. In the “pricing” article, I’ve mentioned two key concepts behind Fabric capacity workloads — bursting and smoothing.
Let’s try to break down these concepts and explain them as simple as possible:
Bursting lets you use more power than you purchased (within the specific timeframe)! Smoothing takes care that this power is “under control” within that same timeframe. Easy, right:)? I know, I know, so let’s break this further down…
