A county permitting portal autoscales under load, but a runaway rule once spun up hundreds of instances overnight and exhausted the cloud budget. What scaling guardrail should operations set?
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Short Explanation
Think of a thermostat with a hard stop—not just "get warmer." Max instance caps are that hard stop. They keep a bad scaling rule from emptying the wallet overnight.
Full Explanation
Autoscaling without an upper bound can create uncontrolled cost and capacity growth during misconfiguration or unexpected traffic. A maximum instance (or replica) limit bounds horizontal scale-out to a planned ceiling while still allowing elastic growth within that range. Minimums and thresholds address availability and sensitivity; they do not replace a budget-protecting max cap.