ECO-ARC-ARCH-002 — Always-on low-traffic service¶

Category: Architecture (ARC)
Family: Architecture (ARCH)
Layer: Architecture
Tier: 3
Severity: warning
Tags: scale-to-zero, serverless
Legacy ID: ECO-ARCH-002

Summary¶

Services running 24/7 with low utilization create baseline waste.

Idle systems still consume energy and operational attention.

{
  "confidence": 0.6,
  "notes": "High if many services are idle.",
  "type": "carbon"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "infra"
  ],
  "method": "trace"
}

{
  "guidance": "Evaluate scale-to-zero, serverless, or consolidation.",
  "tradeoffs": "Cold starts / architecture changes."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "architecture"
  ]
}