Kevin Sonney and Marc-Andre Dufresne, Elastic
Do you believe cloud capacity is limitless? Have you ever run into an out of capacity error from your cloud service provider? How do you satisfy the capacity demands of your application? You cannot imagine a world where you can’t scale up your auto-scaling group anymore? Have you felt desperate and powerless when it happens?
You are not alone.
We believe that capacity planning should become a more prominent skill set of SREs. This talk explores what challenges we have faced growing capacity for Elastic Cloud, how we overcame those issues, and what we will not repeat in future products.
Kevin Sonney, Elastic
Kevin Sonney is a technology professional, media producer, and podcaster. An SRE and Open Source advocate, Kevin has over 30 years in the IT industry, with over 20 years in Open Source. Kevin and his wife, award winning author and illustrator Ursula Vernon (aka T. Kingfisher), co-host the Productivity Alchemy podcast and routinely attend sci-fi and comic conventions. Kevin also voiced Rev. Mord on The Hidden Almanac, wrote articles for opensource.com, and keeps (many) chickens.
Marc-Andre Dufresne, Elastic
Marc is an SRE, dad and mountain biker. He has over 15 years of experience in the industry in multiple roles, from infrastructure consulting to leading developer teams. He has a passion for optimisation and automation. He currently helps Elastic manage capacity and optimize resource usage for Elastic Cloud.
author = {Kevin Sonney and Marc-Andre Dufresne},
title = {Capacity Constraints Unveiled: Navigating Cloud Scaling Realities},
year = {2024},
address = {San Francisco, CA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = mar
}
