This is somehow expected in fact. If you buy a server, it has 100% allocation. With cloud by definition you need to have servers underallocated to be able to de

This is somehow expected in fact. If you buy a server, it has 100% allocation. With cloud by definition you need to have servers underallocated to be able to deploy more servers at any time. Actually I think that some kind of hybrid hosting is a good choice - dedicated or colocated servers for the constant load + cloud servers for bursts. Only few providers have such options.