Lexicon

Load Amplification

Kind: quality-attribute

Layer: Correctness Core

Record: lexicon:load-amplification

Canonical: Lexicon

The degree to which retrying failed operations multiplies load on an already-struggling dependency.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Hidden Errors and before Slow Operation Tolerance.

Category

  • Error Handling / Resilience

In tension with

  • Retry Pattern
  • Retry Pattern / Load Amplification

Linked from

  • Error Handling / Resilience
  • The resolutions