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DynamoDB adaptive capacity
Published on July 6, 2026By DEV Community
DynamoDB spreads your table across partitions, but your traffic rarely spreads evenly. Burst capacity and adaptive capacity are the two automatic mechanisms that stop a skewed workload from throttling — until it hits a hard limit. What is DynamoDB adaptive capacity? DynamoDB adaptive capacity is an automatic mechanism that shifts unused throughput toward a hot partition so a skewed key doesn't throttle while the rest of the table sits idle. Paired with burst capacity, it absorbs spikes and susta
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