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MGhostSoft
MGhostSoft

Reputation: 528

Does DynamoDB query that returns an empty result set consume any capacity?

If my query to DynamoDB table returns an empty result set, does it count to the provisioned capacity? If not, does that mean I can query as frequently as I want without being throttled as long as there's no record matching?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 4430

Answers (1)

mkobit
mkobit

Reputation: 47259

You will still consume read throughput if there is an empty result set.

Relevant section from the Item Size Calculations documentation:

If you perform a read operation on an item that does not exist, DynamoDB will still consume provisioned read throughput: A strongly consistent read request consumes one read capacity unit, while an eventually consistent read request consumes 0.5 of a read capacity unit.

Upvotes: 9

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