diff --git a/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_production.tf b/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_production.tf
index 1a68a1bb1c0..21ecdcad093 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_production.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_production.tf
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ locals {
       prod-nomis-db-1-b = merge(local.database_ec2, {
         cloudwatch_metric_alarms = merge(
           local.database_ec2_cloudwatch_metric_alarms,
-          module.baseline_presets.cloudwatch_metric_alarms.ec2_instance_cwagent_collectd_oracle_db_connected,
+          module.baseline_presets.cloudwatch_metric_alarms.ec2_instance_cwagent_collectd_oracle_db_connected, {
+            high-memory-usage = merge(local.database_ec2_cloudwatch_metric_alarms["high-memory-usage"], {
+              threshold = "99" # Sandhya confirmed this is OK while in DR mode
+            })
+          }
         )
         config = merge(local.database_ec2.config, {
           ami_name          = "nomis_rhel_7_9_oracledb_11_2_release_2023-07-02T00-00-39.521Z"
diff --git a/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_test.tf b/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_test.tf
index e74f91404dd..ab83ad15a43 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_test.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/nomis/locals_test.tf
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ locals {
         autoscaling_group = merge(local.weblogic_ec2.autoscaling_group, {
           desired_capacity = 0
         })
-        ## cloudwatch_metric_alarms = local.weblogic_cloudwatch_metric_alarms
+        ## cloudwatch_metric_alarms = local.weblogic_cloudwatch_metric_alarms
         config = merge(local.weblogic_ec2.config, {
           ami_name = "nomis_rhel_6_10_weblogic_appserver_10_3_release_2023-03-15T17-18-22.178Z"
           instance_profile_policies = concat(local.weblogic_ec2.config.instance_profile_policies, [
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ locals {
         autoscaling_group = merge(local.weblogic_ec2.autoscaling_group, {
           desired_capacity = 0
         })
-        ## cloudwatch_metric_alarms = local.weblogic_cloudwatch_metric_alarms
+        ## cloudwatch_metric_alarms = local.weblogic_cloudwatch_metric_alarms
         config = merge(local.weblogic_ec2.config, {
           ami_name = "nomis_rhel_6_10_weblogic_appserver_10_3_release_2023-03-15T17-18-22.178Z"
           instance_profile_policies = concat(local.weblogic_ec2.config.instance_profile_policies, [