# Scaling a TiDB Cluster

__*TiDB Cloud scale*__

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To scale a cluster, follow these steps:

Go to the Active Clusters page and click the name of the cluster you want to scale. The cluster's overview page appears.

On the left side of the cluster information, click "Setting".

Click "Scale" in the drop-down menu. The Scale page appears.

On the Scale page, you can make the following changes:

    TiDB: Increase or decrease the number of nodes.
    TiKV: Increase the number of nodes and storage size.
    TiFlash: Increase the number of nodes and storage size.
    
Click Confirm.