Agent Capacity Planning Guide: Avoiding production surprises
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-08-16
To handle growth in agent infrastructure, a systematic capacity planning framework is introduced. Steps include measuring current patterns, modeling 3-6 month load (including peaks and seasonality), planning headroom for compute/memory/tokens, running pre-launch tests, and monthly reviews. Core principle: capacity surprises are expensive. Start with a 2× safety margin on current peaks.
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