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# Overview

Run Parasail in production with rate-limit handling, quota planning, dedicated scaling, batch operations, and safe retries.

This hub links to the operational topics you need when running Parasail in production. Each section points to the page that owns the details.

## Operational topics

| Topic                         | What it covers                                                               | Page                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Rate limits and 429 responses | RPM limits per product tier, throttling behavior, and rate-limit increases   | [Limits and quotas](/parasail-docs/operate-in-production/limits-and-quotas.md#rate-limits) |
| Quota management              | GPU quota across Batch and Dedicated, quota errors, and increase requests    | [Limits and quotas](/parasail-docs/operate-in-production/limits-and-quotas.md#gpu-quota)   |
| Autoscaling and replicas      | Max concurrent requests, target concurrency, smoothing, and replica ranges   | [Auto-Scaling](/parasail-docs/products/overview-1/auto-scaling.md)                         |
| Deployment lifecycle          | Create, pause, edit, resume, and destroy Dedicated Instances                 | [Dedicated Instances](/parasail-docs/products/overview-1.md)                               |
| Batch job lifecycle           | Submission, priority, status polling, cancellation, and terminal states      | [Batch Quickstart](/parasail-docs/products/quickstart.md)                                  |
| Batch troubleshooting         | Validation, file-size limits, stuck jobs, partial failures, and quota errors | [Batch Troubleshooting](/parasail-docs/products/quickstart/troubleshooting.md)             |
| Retries and idempotency       | 429 handling, exponential backoff, timeouts, and safe retry limits           | [Retries and Idempotency](/parasail-docs/operate-in-production/retries-and-idempotency.md) |

## Cost and capacity controls

Use the controls documented elsewhere in the docs to keep workloads predictable:

* **Dedicated status page:** Each Dedicated Instance has a status page for viewing deployment status and controlling the endpoint. See [Dedicated Instances](/parasail-docs/products/overview-1.md#dedicated-status-page).
* **Pause to stop billing:** Dedicated Instances bill while active. Pause an endpoint when it isn't needed, and use autoscaling settings to control replica counts. See [Auto-Scaling](/parasail-docs/products/overview-1/auto-scaling.md).
* **GPU quota:** The default GPU quota limits the amount of Batch and Dedicated capacity an organization can consume. See [Limits and quotas](/parasail-docs/operate-in-production/limits-and-quotas.md#gpu-quota).
* **Batch status:** Track batch jobs in the Batch UI or poll status through the API. See [Batch Troubleshooting](/parasail-docs/products/quickstart/troubleshooting.md).

## Next steps

* [Limits and quotas](/parasail-docs/operate-in-production/limits-and-quotas.md)—request rate limits, GPU quota, and quota increase guidance.
* [Retries and Idempotency](/parasail-docs/operate-in-production/retries-and-idempotency.md)—handle transient errors safely.
* [Auto-Scaling](/parasail-docs/products/overview-1/auto-scaling.md)—size replicas for production traffic.