Autoscaling Capacity And Cost Guardrails

Use When

• Traffic patterns are bursty or unpredictable
• Scaling incidents or cloud cost spikes are recurring

Workflow

1. Select scaling signals (CPU, queue depth, RPS, latency).
2. Define min, max, and cooldown boundaries per service tier.
3. Add pre-scaling and scale-in protection for critical services.
4. Establish budget alarms and utilization dashboards.
5. Run load tests to validate policy stability.

Required Checks