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ssrinath
Advocate I
1 year ago

Fabric Capacity Optimization

Hello,   I currently have an F4 capacity where the only consumption at the moment is the VNET. Our primary use case for Fabric is the Power BI workload. We have abour 5-7 reports currently.   Yes...
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wardy912
Super User
1 year ago

Hi ssrinath 

 

 We have the same issue! VNET gateways continue to use CU the whole time it is up, so depending on how often your datasets refresh, it could be on indefinitely.

 

Virtual network data gateways capacity consumption | Microsoft Learn

 

Firstly, minimise data refresh schedule or coordinate so they give the VNET gateway chance to release CU (30 mins inactivity minimum).

 

Next, make sure surge protection has been configured in the admin portal to prevent capacity limits being reached.

 

Then, check if you really need the VNET. I can only speak for our use case. We were using it to access storage accounts. We have swapped that out for shortcuts with a private connection.

 

Private ADLS Gen2 access made easy with OneLake Shortcuts: a step-by-step guide | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric

 

Hope this helps, please give a thumbs up and mark as solved if it does. Thanks

  • ssrinath's avatar
    ssrinath
    Advocate I
    1 year ago

    Thanks so much for your response!

     

    We have about 2 or 3 reports that need to be refreshed hourly. All semantic model refreshes are under 10 minutes.

     

    The issue for us is that our source is a data warehouse in Databricks - so we need the VNET unfortunetly. 

     

    I'll definetly check out the Surge Protection though!