/alter/tier

URL: http://GPUDB_IP_ADDRESS:GPUDB_PORT/alter/tier

Alters properties of an exisiting tier to facilitate resource management.

To disable watermark-based eviction, set both high_watermark and low_watermark to 100.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the tier to be altered. Must be an existing tier group name.
options	map of string to strings	Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description capacity Maximum size in bytes this tier may hold at once. high_watermark Threshold of usage of this tier's resource that, once exceeded, will trigger watermark-based eviction from this tier. The minimum allowed value is 0. The maximum allowed value is 100. low_watermark Threshold of resource usage that, once fallen below after crossing the high_watermark, will cease watermark-based eviction from this tier. The minimum allowed value is 0. The maximum allowed value is 100.

Output Parameter Description

The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

Name	Type	Description
status	String	'OK' or 'ERROR'
message	String	Empty if success or an error message
data_type	String	'alter_tier_request' or 'none' in case of an error
data	String	Empty string
data_str	JSON or String	This embedded JSON represents the result of the /alter/tier endpoint: Name Type Description name string Value of input parameter name. info map of string to strings Additional information. Empty string in case of an error.