# Fixed Capacity

> Provisioning a fixed, preset amount of capacity, rather than adapting it to demand.

Record: `lexicon:fixed-capacity`
Kind: approach
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-fixed-capacity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cost/Cold Start](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cost-cold-start.md) and before [Horizontal Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/horizontal-scalability.md).

## Category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## In tension with

- [Auto-Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/auto-scaling.md)
- [Auto-Scaling / Fixed Capacity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/auto-scaling-fixed-capacity.md)

## Linked from

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)