When using multi-cluster warehouses, the max_cluster_count setting can have significant implications on both cost and performance.

To help users make more informed decisions around this setting, we’ve released a brand new Cluster Utilization Tab to the Warehouses page.

You’ll see a number of helpful metrics including:

• Spend per cluster
• Idle time spend per cluster
• Utilization efficiency per cluster
• Warehouse queuing metrics
• Average number of queries running per cluster

If you see clusters with low utilization efficiency and high idle-time costs, consider reducing the max_cluster_count setting to avoid unnecessary spending. Leverage the query queueing and other performance metrics we surface to validate your changes haven’t had any unacceptable implications on performance.