# Over-Provisioning

> The degree to which allocated capacity exceeds demand, trading waste for safety margin.

Record: `lex:over-provisioning`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-over-provisioning

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Resource Utilization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/resource-utilization.md)