# Capacity Model

> A representation of how a system's capacity responds to load, used to predict its limits.

Record: `lexicon:capacity-model`
Kind: model
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-capacity-model

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cacheable Content](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cacheable-content.md) and before [Complexity Awareness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/complexity-awareness.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Throughput](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/throughput.md)

## Linked from

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