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Cosmos DB Troubleshooting

This section provides troubleshooting guidance for Azure Cosmos DB issues in Cloud Scale Analytics environments.

Overview

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database service. This guide helps resolve common issues encountered in analytics workloads.

Common Issues

Performance

Data Management

Quick Diagnostics

High RU Consumption

  1. Check query patterns for cross-partition queries
  2. Review indexing policy
  3. Analyze partition key distribution
  4. Monitor throughput utilization

Slow Queries

  1. Enable query metrics
  2. Check for missing indexes
  3. Review partition strategy
  4. Optimize query structure