Capacity Planning Guide

Plan your infrastructure capacity to handle current and future load without over-provisioning. Analyze usage patterns, project growth, identify bottlenecks, and establish scaling triggers.

Usage

Provide your current metrics and growth expectations to get capacity planning recommendations and scaling strategies.

Examples

• "How do I estimate server capacity for 10x traffic growth?"
• "What metrics should I track for capacity planning?"
• "When should I scale vertically vs horizontally?"

Guidelines

• Track resource utilization trends over weeks and months, not just current state
• Plan for peak load, not average load, with headroom for spikes
• Set scaling triggers at 70-80% utilization to allow time for provisioning
• Consider both compute and data storage growth in your projections
• Review capacity plans quarterly and after major feature launches