diff --git a/apis/apps/v1alpha1/nebulacluster_types.go b/apis/apps/v1alpha1/nebulacluster_types.go
index 9e845969..b914a108 100644
--- a/apis/apps/v1alpha1/nebulacluster_types.go
+++ b/apis/apps/v1alpha1/nebulacluster_types.go
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ type StoragedSpec struct {
 // ComponentSpec is a common set of k8s resource configs for nebula components.
 type ComponentSpec struct {
 	// K8S deployment replicas setting.
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=1
 	Replicas *int32 `json:"replicas,omitempty"`
 
 	// K8S resources settings.
diff --git a/charts/nebula-operator/crds/nebulaclusters.yaml b/charts/nebula-operator/crds/nebulaclusters.yaml
index 5a11fed0..f295f8e3 100644
--- a/charts/nebula-operator/crds/nebulaclusters.yaml
+++ b/charts/nebula-operator/crds/nebulaclusters.yaml
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
@@ -4553,7 +4553,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
@@ -7378,7 +7378,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
@@ -10228,7 +10228,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/apps.nebula-graph.io_nebulaclusters.yaml b/config/crd/bases/apps.nebula-graph.io_nebulaclusters.yaml
index 5a11fed0..f295f8e3 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/apps.nebula-graph.io_nebulaclusters.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/apps.nebula-graph.io_nebulaclusters.yaml
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
@@ -4553,7 +4553,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
@@ -7378,7 +7378,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
@@ -10228,7 +10228,7 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   replicas:
                     format: int32
-                    minimum: 0
+                    minimum: 1
                     type: integer
                   resources:
                     properties:
diff --git a/pkg/controller/component/storaged_cluster.go b/pkg/controller/component/storaged_cluster.go
index 40383930..87d07354 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/component/storaged_cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/component/storaged_cluster.go
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ func (c *storagedCluster) syncNebulaClusterStatus(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if updating && nc.Status.Metad.Phase != v1alpha1.UpdatePhase {
+	if updating && !strings.Contains(string(nc.Status.Storaged.Phase), "Scale") &&
+		nc.Status.Metad.Phase != v1alpha1.UpdatePhase {
 		nc.Status.Storaged.Phase = v1alpha1.UpdatePhase
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/component/storaged_scaler.go b/pkg/controller/component/storaged_scaler.go
index d467d81a..1269890f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/component/storaged_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/component/storaged_scaler.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 
 	nebulago "github.com/vesoft-inc/nebula-go/v3/nebula"
 	"github.com/vesoft-inc/nebula-operator/apis/apps/v1alpha1"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func (ss *storageScaler) ScaleOut(nc *v1alpha1.NebulaCluster) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if !nc.StoragedComponent().IsReady() {
+	if !isStoragedCreatedPodReady(nc) {
 		klog.Infof("storaged cluster [%s/%s] status not ready", ns, componentName)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -235,3 +236,10 @@ func (ss *storageScaler) ScaleIn(nc *v1alpha1.NebulaCluster, oldReplicas, newRep
 	nc.Status.Storaged.Phase = v1alpha1.RunningPhase
 	return ss.clientSet.NebulaCluster().UpdateNebulaClusterStatus(nc)
 }
+
+func isStoragedCreatedPodReady(nc *v1alpha1.NebulaCluster) bool {
+	if nc.Status.Storaged.Workload == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return pointer.Int32Deref(nc.Spec.Storaged.Replicas, 0) == nc.Status.Storaged.Workload.ReadyReplicas
+}