Quicker than if I was on AWS and needed to scale it up tonight :) Seriously though, because the costs are so much cheaper you just over provision the main mach

Quicker than if I was on AWS and needed to scale it up tonight :) Seriously though, because the costs are so much cheaper you just over provision the main machines slightly and keep a spare box or two ready to go. If that isn't enough to smooth out the spike then I guess at least you've got a nice problem to have.