# Auto-Scaling / Fixed Capacity

> "auto-scaling" (correctness-core layer) is traded against "Fixed Capacity" (correctness-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Fixed Capacity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:auto-scaling-fixed-capacity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-auto-scaling-fixed-capacity

## tensions-with

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