# Fixed Provisioning

> Allocating a static amount of capacity regardless of demand, so the system is either starved or wasteful.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Bottlenecks](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bottlenecks.md) and before [Fixed-Capacity Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fixed-capacity-design.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Elasticity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/elasticity.md)

## Linked from

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