# Using pods

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:::card{title="Understanding pod-based indexes" href="/guides/using-pods-understanding-pod-based-indexes"}
Understand Pinecone pod-based indexes, including pod types and sizing. Pod indexes are legacy and unavailable to new customers, and serverless is recommended.
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:::card{title="Migrate a pod-based index to serverless" href="/guides/using-pods-migrate-a-pod-based-index-to-serverless"}
Migrate a Pinecone pod-based index to serverless for automatic scaling, better performance, and usage-based pricing with no minimum spend commitment.
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:::card{title="Choose a pod type and size" href="/guides/using-pods-choose-a-pod-type-and-size"}
Choose a Pinecone pod type and size (s1, p1, p2). Pod indexes are legacy and unavailable to new customers, and serverless needs no capacity planning.
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:::card{title="Create a pod-based index" href="/guides/using-pods-create-a-pod-based-index"}
Create a Pinecone pod-based index. Pod indexes are legacy and unavailable to new customers, and serverless is the current option for new indexes.
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:::card{title="Manage pod-based indexes" href="/guides/using-pods-manage-pod-based-indexes"}
Manage Pinecone pod-based indexes. Pod indexes are legacy and unavailable to new customers, and serverless is recommended for new projects.
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:::card{title="Scale pod-based indexes" href="/guides/using-pods-scale-pod-based-indexes"}
Scale Pinecone pod-based indexes by adding pods or replicas. Pod indexes are legacy and unavailable to new customers, and serverless scales automatically.
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## Related pages

- [Account management](./account-management-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-2-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Architecture](./architecture-index.md)
- [Assistants](./assistants-index.md)
- [Bring Your Own Cloud](./bring-your-own-cloud-index.md)
- [Build an assistant](./build-an-assistant-index.md)
- [Build an integration](./build-an-integration-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)

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