Before you use Data Security Center (DSC) to classify databases and mark them with specific risk levels, you must purchase the corresponding authorization quota of database instances and the storage protection capacity in Object Storage Service (OSS) and Simple Log Service. This topic describes the consumption and release of authorization quota and how to increase the authorization quota to help you better use DSC.
Consume the authorization quota
Database instances
After you grant access to a database instance, the database instance is moved from the Not authorized tab to the Authorized tab. A database instance authorization quota is consumed. Only one authorization quota is consumed regardless of whether one or more databases in the database instance are connected to DSC.
After you grant access to a database instance, you can view the change in the authorization quota of database instances on the Asset Authorization Management page.
No authorization quota is consumed when you grant access to an ApsaraDB for Redis instance.
Storage capacity in OSS and Simple Log Service
DSC calculates the consumed quota of the storage protection capacity based on the amount of data stored in the authorized OSS buckets and Simple Log Service projects.
Recover the authorization quota
After you revoke access to a database instance, the database instance is moved from the Authorized tab to the Not authorized tab, and the authorization quota consumed by the database instance is recovered. After you revoke access to an OSS bucket, the OSS storage capacity that was consumed by the bucket is recovered.
If you do not revoke access to a database instance, the corresponding authorization quota will still be consumed even if your database instance is released.
Increase the authorization quota
If the authorization quota is insufficient, the newly added assets cannot be connected to the DSC console to use the corresponding features. You can upgrade the specifications to purchase more authorization quota for database instances or storage protection capacity.
Log on to the DSC console.
On the Overview page, click Upgrade.
On the Upgrade/Downgrade page, specify the authorization quota that you want to purchase.
If you want to increase the quota of database instances, set the number of database instances to the total number of database instances that you want to retain after the upgrade. For example, if your quota already has five database instances before the upgrade and you want to increase three database instances, you must set the number of database instances to 8.
If you want to expand the storage protection capacity, set the storage protection capacity to the total amount that you want to retain after the upgrade. For example, if your quota already has a protection storage capacity of 1,000 GB before the upgrade and you want to increase the quota of protection storage capacity by 1,000 GB, you must set the protection storage capacity to 2,000 GB.
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