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45. Target tracking scaling policies
Target tracking scaling policies: how they work and when to use them.
AWS / Infrastructure as Code (Terraform & CloudFormation)
Target tracking scaling policies
A target tracking scaling policy automatically adjusts capacity to keep a specific metric (like CPU or request latency) near a desired target value.
"I want my service to stay healthy without babysitting metrics and writing complex rules."
Target tracking scaling policies monitor a chosen metric and increase or decrease capacity to keep that metric close to a single numeric target, using a feedback loop rather than fixed step rules.
"I want my service to stay healthy without babysitting metrics and writing complex rules."
Target tracking scaling policies monitor a chosen metric and increase or decrease capacity to keep that metric close to a single numeric target, using a feedback loop rather than fixed step rules.