Database throttling system and method

A throttling system comprising a processing resource configured to: provide a database comprising tables, each having one or more table partitions; receive, over a time period, a plurality of data record sets, each data record set includes a plurality of data records to be inserted into corresponding designated table partitions of the table partitions; determine, for the designated table partitions, a data insertion parameter relating to data in process of insertion into the corresponding designated table partition; upon the data insertion parameter exceeding a first threshold, insert the data records identified for insertion into the corresponding designated table partition into a corresponding table partition buffer; and upon the data insertion parameter decreasing below a second threshold insert at least part of the data records stored on the table partition buffer, if any, into the corresponding designated table partition, so that the data insertion parameter does not exceed the first threshold.