Elastic Provisioning
Elastic provisioning is a cloud computing concept that involves dynamically allocating and deallocating computing resources (such as virtual machines, storage, or containers) based on real-time demand. It enables systems to automatically scale up or down to handle varying workloads efficiently, ensuring optimal performance and cost-effectiveness. This is a core principle of modern cloud infrastructure, often implemented through auto-scaling features in platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Developers should learn and use elastic provisioning when building applications with unpredictable or fluctuating traffic, such as e-commerce sites during sales events, streaming services, or data processing pipelines. It helps maintain performance during peak loads while minimizing costs during low-usage periods by automatically adjusting resource allocation. This is essential for achieving high availability, scalability, and cost optimization in cloud-native and microservices architectures.