Glossary: System Design Beyond the Basics in C++
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Spare capacity kept in reserve for surprises. Servers are planned at about 70% load, so a server that can handle 300 requests a second counts as handling 210.
Glossary: System Design Beyond the Basics in C++
Spare capacity kept in reserve for surprises. Servers are planned at about 70% load, so a server that can handle 300 requests a second counts as handling 210.