DRHCREL04-BP01 Due to the finite capacity of Outposts on-premises, plan ahead for required compute, storage, and network resources

Proactively manage AWS Outposts capacity by planning compute, storage, and network resources to ensure high availability and optimal performance while following Well-Architected best practices.

Desired outcome: Achieve efficient allocation and management of Outposts resources, improving availability and compliance with data residency requirements while accommodating future growth and workload demands.

Benefits of establishing this best practice: Proactive resource planning for Outposts validates that there is enough capacity to run workloads even with failures to maintain data residency requirements.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: High

Implementation guidance

Plan and allocate sufficient compute, storage, and network capacity ahead of time for your workloads on AWS Outposts to meet high availability requirements, right-sizing, and avoiding bottlenecks. Engage AWS Cloud specialists and Support to assist with capacity planning, right-sizing, and monitoring best practices for your Outposts environment, aligning with the operational excellence pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Use Outposts capacity management to view, plan, and modify capacity configuration.