# Lessons Learned: Managing web server capacity with Auto Scaling

DevFeed: [Lessons Learned: Managing web server capacity with Auto Scaling](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lessons-learned-managing-web-server-capacity-with-auto-scaling-27894.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clevertap.com/blog/lessons-learnt-managing-web-server-capacity-with-auto-scaling/>)

Author: Francis Pereira

Published: 2017-06-13T07:14:43Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [CleverTap](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clevertap.md>)

Topics: [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [in-memory database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/in-memory-database.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>)

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## AI overview

This article shares lessons from using Auto Scaling to handle daily peaks of approximately 116K requests per second. It recommends fast responses using in-memory systems, measuring latency to guide capacity planning, ensuring consistent instance bootstrapping, avoiding external dependencies during deployment, and packaging applications in Docker containers.

## Source excerpt

We have been experimenting with agile, faster and reliable ways to work with Auto Scaling to minimise last minute surprises, The post Lessons Learned: Managing web server capacity with Auto Scaling first appeared on CleverTap.