Databricks·Databricks essentials

Clusters

Clusters provide Spark compute and can autoscale.

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What you will be able to do
  • Choose a runtime.
  • Autoscale for variable load.
  • Terminate idle clusters.

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Clusters provide Spark compute and can autoscale.

  • Choose a runtime.
  • Autoscale for variable load.
  • Terminate idle clusters.
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Create cluster -> select runtime -> enable autoscaling -> set auto-termination
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