Setting the Default Optimization Profile

The default optimization profile is used to define the optimization strategy for all clusters that do not have an optimization profile directly (manually) assigned or automatically assigned through optimization policies. By selecting a default profile that reflects the most appropriate optimization strategy for the highest number of clusters in your environment, you minimize the configuration needed to achieve your optimization strategy.

See Optimization Profiles Explained for more information about profiles.

Prerequisite

To manage rate cards, you must have one of the following roles assigned to your user account:

sys_admin
optimization_admin

Procedure

Determine the profile strategy that is appropriate for the largest number of your clusters:

Profile	Description	Example Use Case
Performance Optimized	Recommends configurations that not only satisfy compute demands but also include additional overhead to absorb unexpected surges.	A high-traffic API service that must respond quickly, even under variable load.
Balanced	Recommends configurations that satisfy compute demands while strategically moderating resource allocation between performance and cost.	Workloads that experience regular demand with moderate peaks, such as a batch processing workload
Cost Optimized	Recommends configurations that satisfy compute demands while minimizing over-provisioning.	A dev or staging environment where resource efficiency matters more than performance.

As a user with either the sys_admin or optimization_admin role, navigate to Settings > Optimization > Optimization Profiles.
Determine if an optimization profile that matches the optimization strategy for the largest number of your clusters already exists:
- If an existing profile is the most appropriate, click Set As Default for that profile.
  
  Note: You can review the profile configuration details by clicking Edit Profile; be sure you click Cancel to close the profile without accidentally changing it.
- If no existing profile matches the optimization strategy for the largest number of your clusters, create the profile.
After you have created the profile that is appropriate for the largest number of your clusters, click Set As Default.