Infrastructure & IaC
Infrastructure Capacity Planning Calculator
Project infrastructure requirements for a planning horizon using growth rate and safety factor to avoid autoscaler saturation.
No data is transmitted — everything runs locallyTool
Example — Representative default scenario — current peak RPS 500 · growth % month 15 · planning horizon months 6.
Current peak
500 RPS
Projected in 6mo
1,157 RPS
15% MoM growth
Required capacity
1,503 RPS
30% safety buffer
Scale factor needed
3.0×
vs current capacity
About this tool
Infrastructure Capacity Planning Calculator
Provision for the future, not the present — capacity planning with real growth math.
• Infrastructure planning
• CI/CD validation
• Cost estimation
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FAQ
What does this tool tell you?
Provision for the future, not the present — capacity planning with real growth math.
What affects the result most?
Capacity headroom: provision for peak × 1.3 — 30% above expected peak for autoscaler to react. Growth factor: if traffic grows 20%/month, current capacity needs to support next 3 months = ×1.73. Database capacity: storage grows monotonically — provision for 2× current with expansion plan.
How should I use the result?
The calculation is deterministic — the same inputs always produce the same output — so the most useful workflow is to vary one input at a time and see which factor moves the result most. That tells you where to focus your attention before committing to a decision.
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