diff --git a/configs/milvus.yaml b/configs/milvus.yaml
index ee71415031969db15497eb3b1eb509faae15f785..b80976ecb073bc60e7e8d80ed7b57f06fc84eb2c 100644
--- a/configs/milvus.yaml
+++ b/configs/milvus.yaml
@@ -576,10 +576,11 @@ quotaAndLimits:
       queryNodeMemoryLowWaterLevel: 0.85 # (0, 1], memoryLowWaterLevel in QueryNodes
       queryNodeMemoryHighWaterLevel: 0.95 # (0, 1], memoryHighWaterLevel in QueryNodes
     growingSegmentsSizeProtection:
-      # 1. No action will be taken if the ratio of growing segments size is less than the low water level.
-      # 2. The DML rate will be reduced if the ratio of growing segments size is greater than the low water level and less than the high water level.
-      # 3. All DML requests will be rejected if the ratio of growing segments size is greater than the high water level.
+      # No action will be taken if the growing segments size is less than the low watermark.
+      # When the growing segments size exceeds the low watermark, the dml rate will be reduced,
+      # but the rate will not be lower than `minRateRatio * dmlRate`.
       enabled: false
+      minRateRatio: 0.5
       lowWaterLevel: 0.2
       highWaterLevel: 0.4
     diskProtection:
diff --git a/internal/rootcoord/quota_center.go b/internal/rootcoord/quota_center.go
index 6da30c22ade7dc0ebc4a269dba97c86249b5b9e7..88489e51aeddc51522b816053057648dd74b1ec4 100644
--- a/internal/rootcoord/quota_center.go
+++ b/internal/rootcoord/quota_center.go
@@ -640,24 +640,19 @@ func (q *QuotaCenter) getGrowingSegmentsSizeFactor() map[int64]float64 {
 		if cur <= low {
 			continue
 		}
-		if cur >= high {
-			log.RatedWarn(10, "QuotaCenter: QueryNode growing segments size to high water level",
-				zap.String("Node", fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", typeutil.QueryNodeRole, nodeID)),
-				zap.Int64s("collections", metric.Effect.CollectionIDs),
-				zap.Int64("segmentsSize", metric.GrowingSegmentsSize),
-				zap.Uint64("TotalMem", metric.Hms.Memory),
-				zap.Float64("highWaterLevel", high))
-			updateCollectionFactor(0, metric.Effect.CollectionIDs)
-			continue
-		}
 		factor := (high - cur) / (high - low)
+		if factor < Params.QuotaConfig.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio {
+			factor = Params.QuotaConfig.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio
+		}
 		updateCollectionFactor(factor, metric.Effect.CollectionIDs)
-		log.RatedWarn(10, "QuotaCenter: QueryNode growing segments size to low water level, limit writing rate",
+		log.RatedWarn(10, "QuotaCenter: QueryNode growing segments size exceeds watermark, limit writing rate",
 			zap.String("Node", fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", typeutil.QueryNodeRole, nodeID)),
 			zap.Int64s("collections", metric.Effect.CollectionIDs),
 			zap.Int64("segmentsSize", metric.GrowingSegmentsSize),
 			zap.Uint64("TotalMem", metric.Hms.Memory),
-			zap.Float64("lowWaterLevel", low))
+			zap.Float64("highWatermark", high),
+			zap.Float64("lowWatermark", low),
+			zap.Float64("factor", factor))
 	}
 	return collectionFactor
 }
diff --git a/internal/rootcoord/quota_center_test.go b/internal/rootcoord/quota_center_test.go
index 22d4c371770d8b7f7793083e2d89ad107b68bacf..2a4f33a14693fb795e543215de6986b8be1ecc05 100644
--- a/internal/rootcoord/quota_center_test.go
+++ b/internal/rootcoord/quota_center_test.go
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ func TestQuotaCenter(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("test GrowingSegmentsSize factors", func(t *testing.T) {
 		qc := types.NewMockQueryCoord(t)
 		quotaCenter := NewQuotaCenter(pcm, qc, &dataCoordMockForQuota{}, core.tsoAllocator)
+		defaultRatio := Params.QuotaConfig.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio
 		tests := []struct {
 			low            float64
 			high           float64
@@ -421,15 +422,15 @@ func TestQuotaCenter(t *testing.T) {
 			{0.8, 0.9, 80, 100, 1},
 			{0.8, 0.9, 82, 100, 0.8},
 			{0.8, 0.9, 85, 100, 0.5},
-			{0.8, 0.9, 88, 100, 0.2},
-			{0.8, 0.9, 90, 100, 0},
+			{0.8, 0.9, 88, 100, defaultRatio},
+			{0.8, 0.9, 90, 100, defaultRatio},
 
 			{0.85, 0.95, 25, 100, 1},
 			{0.85, 0.95, 85, 100, 1},
 			{0.85, 0.95, 87, 100, 0.8},
 			{0.85, 0.95, 90, 100, 0.5},
-			{0.85, 0.95, 93, 100, 0.2},
-			{0.85, 0.95, 95, 100, 0},
+			{0.85, 0.95, 93, 100, defaultRatio},
+			{0.85, 0.95, 95, 100, defaultRatio},
 		}
 
 		quotaCenter.writableCollections = append(quotaCenter.writableCollections, 1, 2, 3)
diff --git a/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go b/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go
index 08d6ac30d79ab1a798c72037a1d092e664fb8a0c..856687ce122c70775e53a6d636f64f7194e10c92 100644
--- a/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go
+++ b/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ type quotaConfig struct {
 	QueryNodeMemoryLowWaterLevel         float64
 	QueryNodeMemoryHighWaterLevel        float64
 	GrowingSegmentsSizeProtectionEnabled bool
+	GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio      float64
 	GrowingSegmentsSizeLowWaterLevel     float64
 	GrowingSegmentsSizeHighWaterLevel    float64
 	DiskProtectionEnabled                bool
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ func (p *quotaConfig) init(base *BaseTable) {
 	p.initQueryNodeMemoryLowWaterLevel()
 	p.initQueryNodeMemoryHighWaterLevel()
 	p.initGrowingSegmentsSizeProtectionEnabled()
+	p.initGrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio()
 	p.initGrowingSegmentsSizeLowWaterLevel()
 	p.initGrowingSegmentsSizeHighWaterLevel()
 	p.initDiskProtectionEnabled()
@@ -726,6 +728,15 @@ func (p *quotaConfig) initGrowingSegmentsSizeProtectionEnabled() {
 	p.GrowingSegmentsSizeProtectionEnabled = p.Base.ParseBool("quotaAndLimits.limitWriting.growingSegmentsSizeProtection.enabled", false)
 }
 
+func (p *quotaConfig) initGrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio() {
+	defaultGrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio := 0.5
+	p.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio = p.Base.ParseFloatWithDefault("quotaAndLimits.limitWriting.growingSegmentsSizeProtection.minRateRatio", defaultGrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio)
+	if p.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio <= 0 || p.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio > 1 {
+		log.Warn("GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio must in the range of `(0, 1]`, use default value", zap.Float64("default", defaultGrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio))
+		p.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio = defaultGrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *quotaConfig) initGrowingSegmentsSizeLowWaterLevel() {
 	defaultGrowingSegSizeLowWaterLevel := 0.2
 	p.GrowingSegmentsSizeLowWaterLevel = p.Base.ParseFloatWithDefault("quotaAndLimits.limitWriting.growingSegmentsSizeProtection.lowWaterLevel", defaultGrowingSegSizeLowWaterLevel)
diff --git a/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param_test.go b/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param_test.go
index 2253f5dde4123aa362c9b225f97b11067b80cfd8..dbd51113d0c2b3efb438d6eb90816e8361bb5528 100644
--- a/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param_test.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func TestQuotaParam(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, defaultLowWaterLevel, qc.QueryNodeMemoryLowWaterLevel)
 		assert.Equal(t, defaultHighWaterLevel, qc.QueryNodeMemoryHighWaterLevel)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, qc.GrowingSegmentsSizeProtectionEnabled)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0.5, qc.GrowingSegmentsSizeMinRateRatio)
 		assert.Equal(t, 0.2, qc.GrowingSegmentsSizeLowWaterLevel)
 		assert.Equal(t, 0.4, qc.GrowingSegmentsSizeHighWaterLevel)
 		assert.Equal(t, true, qc.DiskProtectionEnabled)