Methods and systems for regulating database activity

A computing system comprising:

• a database;
• a cache;
• and
• a server coupled to the database and the cache to receive, from a source via a network, one or more requests for an activity with respect to the database, determine an attempted usage by the source for the activity over a preceding duration of time equal to a monitoring period exceeds an allowed usage for the activity for the monitoring period, and create an entry in the cache when the attempted usage exceeds the allowed usage for the activity for the monitoring period, wherein the entry includes an identifier associated with the source of the one or more requests.

A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to:

• determine an attempted usage over a monitoring period for an activity with respect to a database by a source in response to receiving one or more requests for the activity from the source;
• initiate the activity with respect to the database when the attempted usage does not exceed an allowed usage for the activity for the monitoring period;
• and
• create an entry in a cache coupled to the processing system when the attempted usage exceeds the allowed usage for the activity for the monitoring period, wherein the entry includes an identifier associated with the source of the one or more requests.