Practice essential collocations for capacity planning in IT and software development.
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The SRE team used historical traffic data to ___ demand for the upcoming holiday peak.
Forecast demand is the standard capacity planning collocation for estimating future load based on data and trends. 'Guess along' and 'predict around' are informal. 'Work out' is too casual for a structured demand forecast.
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Based on the projections, the team decided to ___ additional capacity ahead of the expected surge.
Provision capacity is the standard infrastructure collocation for making computing resources available in advance of demand. 'Add along' and 'set around' are informal. 'Put out' has a different meaning and does not fit this context.
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The platform team ran load tests to ___ headroom so the system could absorb unexpected spikes safely.
Maintain headroom is the standard capacity planning collocation for keeping spare capacity available to handle surges. 'Keep along' and 'hold around' are informal. 'Carry out' refers to performing a task and does not fit this context.
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After the launch, the team had to ___ resources to match the lower steady-state traffic and control costs.
Scale down resources is the standard cloud and capacity collocation for reducing provisioned capacity when demand falls. 'Lower along' and 'shrink around' are informal. 'Cut out' implies removal rather than controlled scaling down.
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The capacity team worked to ___ utilisation so that servers ran efficiently without risking saturation.
Optimise utilisation is the standard capacity planning collocation for adjusting workloads so resources are used efficiently. 'Improve along' and 'tune around' are informal. 'Fix out' is not a standard phrase in this context.