Cost of creating a namespace

[nitesh237]

We want to achieve similar multi-tenancy using temporal namespace as mentioned in the below thread

Using Namespace for Multitenancy

We want to create a multi-tenant application, where for each tenant we want to create a namespace when the tenant is onboarded to the application. Is it feasible to create a namespace dynamically, and use it? If it is does it require worker restart. Is it recommended in production?

However, it is not very clear, what is the cost that we pay in terms of creating a new namespace for isolation?

Does the same 100 workflow execution need more DB capacity when executing in one namespace vs executing in multiple namespaces?

[tihomir]

Take a look at this forum thread, see if it answers some of your questions regarding namespaces.

[maxim]

Does the same 100 workflow execution need more DB capacity when executing in one namespace vs executing in multiple namespaces?

Temporal performance doesn’t depend on the number of namespaces. There are possible issues with running too many namespaces (1k+), but we just never tested such scenarios.

[nitesh237]

Thanks for the prompt reply. I read this thread but it doesn’t answer the cost involved.

[nitesh237]

Thanks, @maxim this helps. We are looking into defining namespaces at an individual team level within our org. I don’t think we will ever run into the too many namespaces condition as you mentioned above.