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descriptionLanguage: en
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# Capacity Planning

- Type: resource planning practice
- Group: Operations and risks
- Placement: Operations / Observation and objectives
- [Source](<https://sre.google/sre-book/handling-overload/>)

[HTML](https://dpm.cnonim.name/practices/capacity/)

Estimate resource needs using measurements and load forecasts, with headroom for growth and failures.

## Relationships

- uses measurements from: [Observability](/practices/observability/en.md) (support)
- accounts for objectives from: [Service Level Objectives](/practices/slo/en.md) (support)
- uses measurements from: [Performance and Load Testing](/practices/performance/en.md) (support)

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