A method and apparatus managing a set of processors for a set of queries is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a device provision a set of computing resources of a database system, the set of computing resources to process a set of queries of the database system and determines a utilization of the set of computing resources during processing of the set of queries. The device further updates the set of computing resources based on the utilization of the set of computing resources by the set of queries. Updating the set of computing resources includes updating a number of processors and a set of storage resources to process the set of queries of the database system, the set of storage resources being shared by each of the processors and processes the set of queries using the set of computing resources as updated.