How to resize Instances

You can adjust the size of your Scaleway Instances (also known as vertical scaling) to meet changing workload demands and optimize resource usage. Whether you need to scale up to handle increased traffic, scale down to reduce costs, or simply reconfigure your Instance to better align with your application’s requirements, vertical scaling lets you increase or decrease computational power without the hassle of destroying and recreating Instances. Scaleway’s flexible infrastructure allows you to modify CPU and RAM allocation, as well as manage your Block Storage volumes directly from the console, ensuring your resources always match your needs.

Alternatively, you can also resize your Instance using the command line by following the guide Changing the commercial type of an Instance with the API or CLI.

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To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• An Instance using Block Storage volumes

1. Click CPU Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
2. Click the Instance you want to resize. The Overview page for that Instance displays.
3. Click Change offer in the Instance information section of the overview page. The change offer page displays.
   
4. Select a new Instance configuration from the list of available offers. Recommended configurations will be highlighted.
5. Review pricing and compare the monthly cost of the new configuration with your current offer.
6. Click Change offer type to proceed.
   Note

   The Instance will reboot during the upgrade process, resulting in up to 5 minutes of downtime.