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Building Highly Available, Cost-Optimized, and Self-Healing Applications
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What Is Auto Scaling?
Auto Scaling on Amazon Web Services is a mechanism that automatically adjusts compute capacity based on traffic or system load.
Using AWS Auto Scaling, your application can:
- Add servers during high traffic
- Remove servers when demand drops
- Replace unhealthy instances automatically
This makes Auto Scaling a core production requirement, not an optional feature.
Why Auto Scaling Is Needed (Problem It Solves)
Common Production Problems
❌ Application crashes during traffic spikes ❌ Manual scaling delays ❌ Payin…
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Member-only story
4 min read22 hours ago
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Building Highly Available, Cost-Optimized, and Self-Healing Applications
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What Is Auto Scaling?
Auto Scaling on Amazon Web Services is a mechanism that automatically adjusts compute capacity based on traffic or system load.
Using AWS Auto Scaling, your application can:
- Add servers during high traffic
- Remove servers when demand drops
- Replace unhealthy instances automatically
This makes Auto Scaling a core production requirement, not an optional feature.
Why Auto Scaling Is Needed (Problem It Solves)
Common Production Problems
❌ Application crashes during traffic spikes ❌ Manual scaling delays ❌ Paying for idle servers ❌ Single-server failures causing downtime ❌ No…