Courses / AWS
18. Capacity planning basics
Estimating baseline capacity and headroom needs to provision autoscaling safely.
Infrastructure as Code / AWS
Capacity planning basics
Estimating how much compute, memory, and headroom you must provision so autoscaling won't run out of capacity.
"I need my service to stay healthy when traffic spikes, but I don't want to overpay for idle servers."
Capacity planning is measuring baseline load, estimating peak/headroom needs, and provisioning autoscaling settings so you have enough resources during normal and burst traffic without excessive cost.
"I need my service to stay healthy when traffic spikes, but I don't want to overpay for idle servers."
Capacity planning is measuring baseline load, estimating peak/headroom needs, and provisioning autoscaling settings so you have enough resources during normal and burst traffic without excessive cost.