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articles/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-overview-what-is.md

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> To access the preview features of Azure Synapse, request access [here](https://aka.ms/synapsepreview). Microsoft will triage all requests and respond as soon as possible.
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> View the [Azure Synapse preview documentation](../overview-what-is.md).
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## Synapse SQL pool in Azure Synapse
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Recommendations on choosing the ideal number of data warehouse units (DWUs) to optimize price and performance, and how to change the number of units.
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### What are Data Warehouse Units
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## What are Data Warehouse Units
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A [Synapse SQL pool](sql-data-warehouse-overview-what-is.md#synapse-sql-pool-in-azure-synapse) represents a collection of analytic resources that are being provisioned. Analytic resources are defined as a combination of CPU, memory, and IO.
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### Service Level Objective
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The Service Level Objective (SLO) is the scalability setting that determines the cost and performance level of your data warehouse. The service levels for Gen2 are measured in compute data warehouse units (cDWU), for example DW2000c. Gen1 service levels are measured in DWUs, for example DW2000.
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Each performance tier uses a slightly different unit of measure for their data warehouse units. This difference is reflected on the invoice as the unit of scale directly translates to billing.
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Each SQL server (for example, myserver.database.windows.net) has a [Database Transaction Unit (DTU)](../../sql-database/sql-database-service-tiers-dtu.md?toc=/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/toc.json&bc=/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/breadcrumb/toc.json) quota that allows a specific number of data warehouse units. For more information, see the [workload management capacity limits](sql-data-warehouse-service-capacity-limits.md#workload-management).
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#### Capacity limits
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Each SQL server (for example, myserver.database.windows.net) has a [Database Transaction Unit (DTU)](../../sql-database/sql-database-what-is-a-dtu.md?toc=/azure/synapse-analytics/toc.json&bc=/azure/synapse-analytics/breadcrumb/toc.json) quota that allows a specific number of data warehouse units. For more information, see the [workload management capacity limits](../sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-service-capacity-limits.md?toc=/azure/synapse-analytics/toc.json&bc=/azure/synapse-analytics/breadcrumb/toc.json#workload-management).
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### How many data warehouse units do I need
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The ideal number of data warehouse units depends very much on your workload and the amount of data you have loaded into the system.
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### Permissions
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Changing the data warehouse units requires the permissions described in [ALTER DATABASE](/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql?toc=/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/toc.json&bc=/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/breadcrumb/toc.json&view=azure-sqldw-latest).
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For more information, see [PowerShell cmdlets for SQL Data Warehouse](../sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-reference-powershell-cmdlets.md?toc=/azure/synapse-analytics/toc.json&bc=/azure/synapse-analytics/breadcrumb/toc.json)
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For more REST API examples, see [REST APIs for SQL Data Warehouse](../sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-manage-compute-rest-api.md?toc=/azure/synapse-analytics/toc.json&bc=/azure/synapse-analytics/breadcrumb/toc.json).
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When you start a scale operation, the system first kills all open sessions, rolling back any open transactions to ensure a consistent state. For scale operations, scaling only occurs after this transactional rollback has completed.
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