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dynamically scaling down based on cpu consumption is the wrong way to do it IMO. if your site is decently sized you have a pretty typical diurnal pattern with w
by jerkstate 7y ago
dynamically scaling down based on cpu consumption is the wrong way to do it IMO. if your site is decently sized you have a pretty typical diurnal pattern with weekly cyclical variation, that's your baseline.
- scarejunba 7y agoRan a few ad pixel servers. CPU was fine for that. Diurnal cycle, weekly cycle, handled holidays, handled sudden spikes. Pretty trivial ASG on AWS globally. 2 million rps.
- NoodleIncident 7y ago> For another thing, how about knowing approximately what the traffic is supposed to look like for that time of day, on that day of the week and/or year? Then, don't down-scale past that by default?