Rapid elasticity lets customers quickly scale cloud resources up or down as demand changes. Scaling can be automated to respond to resource needs in real time. section 17.3.1
Seasonal e-commerce demand
An e-commerce business can scale cloud resources up before Christmas to handle increased website traffic, then scale down when demand falls. section 17.3.1
Recognize rapid elasticity as one of cloud computing’s five essential characteristics:
- It differs from resource pooling: pooling supplies shared resources, while elasticity changes the customer’s capacity as needed. section 17.3.1
- It complements on-demand self-service, which lets customers start or stop services without direct provider interaction. section 17.3.1
