Permit-application workers see seasonal peaks. Leadership prefers resilient capacity over vertical scale-up of one large instance. What should the architect recommend?
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Short Explanation
Open more permit counters for spring rush—don’t buy one giant desk that becomes a single point of failure. Horizontal Auto Scaling across instances and AZs matches seasonal peaks. One mega-instance, one AZ, or reboot rituals are brittle.
Full Explanation
Scale-out distributes load across many instances and typically across Availability Zones, improving fault isolation compared with vertical scale-up of a single host. Auto Scaling adjusts capacity for seasonal permit demand and avoids concentrating risk in one instance type or AZ. Disabling Auto Scaling on a max-size instance, collapsing to one AZ, or using reboots for elasticity contradicts resilient capacity goals.