Capacity right-sizing
Sizing patterns that meet real utilization with safety margins engineering teams trust.
Field Guide
Infrastructure Optimization Guide
A field guide for right-sizing data center, network, and cloud spend without starving the platforms that the business actually depends on.
Overview
Match capacity to demand, on every platform.
Infrastructure spend hides in many places: idle capacity, contract drift, duplicate platforms, and architecture patterns that no longer fit demand. This guide walks through the levers we use most often and the order we apply them in, across on-premises, colocation, and cloud.
What's inside
Pragmatic levers, in the order they matter.
Cloud spend hygiene
Idle resources, account sprawl, and discount programs reviewed end-to-end.
Architecture choices
Patterns that match demand: serverless, containers, dedicated hosts, hybrid options.
Operating model
FinOps and capacity governance so right-sizing becomes a habit, not a one-off.
How to use it
From spend signals to demand-aligned platforms.
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Baseline
Pull utilization, cost, and contract data into a single comparable view.
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Triage
Apply the quick-win levers first to fund the deeper work.
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Re-architect
Evaluate platforms for fit-for-purpose patterns, and exit those that aren't.
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04
Operate
Stand up FinOps, capacity, and architecture forums to keep gains compounding.
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