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title: "Scaling and configuring the Core database"
slug: "scaling-and-configuring-the-core-database"
abstract: "An overview of standard options for scaling and configuring the Sitecore Core database."
---
# Scaling and configuring the Core database

You have the following options for configuring and scaling the Core database:

- You can configure the Core database to use [SQL Server Always On](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/91/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-sql-server-always-on-for-the-core,-master,-web,-and-reporting-databases.md "Configure SQL Server Always On for the Core, Master, Web, and Reporting databases"), which brings the benefits of disaster recovery, data loss protection, and failover functionality.
- You can [disable the Security database on Content Delivery roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/91/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--disable-the-security-database-on-a-content-delivery-instance.html "Walkthrough: Disable the Security database on a Content Delivery instance") to keep your installation as small scale as possible.

> [!note]
> Replication of the Core database is not officially supported. Refer to the [Support for SQL Server scaling features](https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/423602) knowledge base article for information about supported SQL scaling features.