# Fixed-Capacity Design

> Building a system around a fixed capacity ceiling that cannot grow when load increases.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fixed Provisioning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fixed-provisioning.md) and before [Full Materialization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/full-materialization.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/scalability.md)

## Linked from

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