Training your sysadmin, dev, devops team against a load that is significantly bigger than what you are seeing now, so you can cope with that bigger load when it

Training your sysadmin, dev, devops team against a load that is significantly bigger than what you are seeing now, so you can cope with that bigger load when it comes. Training against more difficult opposition than you can face in matches so when you do face the difficult opposition you're ready for that. Not sure why you're missing that analogy.