ECO-ARC-ARCH-019 — Overly aggressive autoscaling thresholds¶

Category: Architecture (ARC)
Family: Architecture (ARCH)
Layer: Architecture
Tier: 3
Severity: note
Tags: autoscaling
Legacy ID: ECO-ARCH-019

Summary¶

Aggressive scaling can cause thrash and wasted churn.

Thrash wastes compute and destabilizes latency.

{
  "confidence": 0.5,
  "notes": "Needs measurement.",
  "type": "cost"
}

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

{
  "guidance": "Add stabilization windows and sane thresholds.",
  "tradeoffs": "Slower response to spikes."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "architecture"
  ]
}