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# Intelligent Scaling

A way to scale up the processing speed of components.

A feature to scale your component to the max number of instances to reduce the data processing lag automatically. This feature detects the need to scale up the components in case of higher data traffic.

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> This feature is <mark style="color:orange;">only available in Docker</mark> components in the real-time mode. This won't work in any other mode.*
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<figure><img src="https://4128708524-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FGDmsjfjJBNqow7Fo97cO%2Fuploads%2FQXd8NH70P0XPNpremzQi%2Fintelligentscaling_updated_gif.gif?alt=media&amp;token=7093a098-0c29-41eb-beb3-7e3bb46ff702" alt=""><figcaption><p>Intelligent Scaling</p></figcaption></figure>

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Components will scale up if there is a lag of more than 60% and if the lag goes less than 10% component pods will automatically scale down.*
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