diff --git a/make/harbor.yml.tmpl b/make/harbor.yml.tmpl
index 4ed087eb199..56dc8837304 100644
--- a/make/harbor.yml.tmpl
+++ b/make/harbor.yml.tmpl
@@ -258,3 +258,15 @@ cache:
   enabled: false
   # keep cache for one day by default
   expire_hours: 24
+
+# Harbor core configurations
+# Uncomment to enable the following harbor core related configuration items.
+# core:
+#   # The provider for updating project quota(usage), there are 2 options, redis or db,
+#   # by default is implemented by db but you can switch the updation via redis which
+#   # can improve the performance of high concurrent pushing to the same project,
+#   # and reduce the database connections spike and occupies.
+#   # By redis will bring up some delay for quota usage updation for display, so only
+#   # suggest switch provider to redis if you were ran into the db connections spike aroud
+#   # the scenario of high concurrent pushing to same project, no improvment for other scenes.
+#   quota_update_provider: redis # Or db
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diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/models.py b/make/photon/prepare/models.py
index d77e3ec85f5..d60246184c8 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/models.py
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/models.py
@@ -241,3 +241,14 @@ def validate(self):
         if not self.expire_hours or self.expire_hours <= 0:
             raise Exception('cache expire hours should be positive number')
         return
+
+class Core:
+    def __init__(self, config: dict):
+        self.quota_update_provider = config.get('quota_update_provider') or 'db'
+
+    def validate(self):
+        if not self.quota_update_provider:
+            return
+
+        if self.quota_update_provider not in ['db', 'redis']:
+            raise Exception('invalid quota update provider: {}'.format(self.quota_update_provider))
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diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/templates/core/env.jinja b/make/photon/prepare/templates/core/env.jinja
index 0b0f6f47f31..161e0d16690 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/templates/core/env.jinja
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/templates/core/env.jinja
@@ -87,3 +87,7 @@ TRACE_OTEL_INSECURE={{ trace.otel.insecure }}
 CACHE_ENABLED=true
 CACHE_EXPIRE_HOURS={{ cache.expire_hours }}
 {% endif %}
+
+{% if core.quota_update_provider %}
+QUOTA_UPDATE_PROVIDER={{ core.quota_update_provider }}
+{% endif %}
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diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py b/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
index d7d73f2db30..28f2db2cb16 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import yaml
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, quote
 from g import versions_file_path, host_root_dir, DEFAULT_UID, INTERNAL_NO_PROXY_DN
-from models import InternalTLS, Metric, Trace, PurgeUpload, Cache
+from models import InternalTLS, Metric, Trace, PurgeUpload, Cache, Core
 from utils.misc import generate_random_string, owner_can_read, other_can_read
 
 # NOTE: https://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/#DB.SetMaxIdleConns
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ def validate(conf: dict, **kwargs):
     if conf.get('cache'):
         conf['cache'].validate()
 
+    if conf.get('core'):
+        conf['core'].validate()
+
 
 def parse_versions():
     if not versions_file_path.is_file():
@@ -324,6 +327,10 @@ def parse_yaml_config(config_file_path, with_trivy):
     cache_config = configs.get('cache')
     config_dict['cache'] = Cache(cache_config or {})
 
+    # core configs
+    core_config = configs.get('core')
+    config_dict['core'] = Core(core_config or {})
+
     return config_dict
 
 
diff --git a/src/controller/quota/controller.go b/src/controller/quota/controller.go
index 3c4b857d502..951be3f493d 100644
--- a/src/controller/quota/controller.go
+++ b/src/controller/quota/controller.go
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ var (
 	// quotaExpireTimeout is the expire time for quota when update quota by redis
 	quotaExpireTimeout = time.Minute * 5
 
-	updateQuotaProviderRedis updateQuotaProviderType = "Redis"
-	updateQuotaProviderDB    updateQuotaProviderType = "DB"
+	updateQuotaProviderRedis updateQuotaProviderType = "redis"
+	updateQuotaProviderDB    updateQuotaProviderType = "db"
 )
 
 var (