Inputs for capacity planning
Start with active accounts, peak concurrent users, symbols, groups, data throughput, integrations, report jobs, regions and expected growth. These inputs are more meaningful than a generic minimum-specification table.
CPU, memory and storage
Prioritize predictable performance and headroom. Storage design should consider logging, history, backup and operational maintenance—not just application binaries.
Network requirements
Network quality includes latency, jitter, loss, route stability and proximity to dependent systems. Test paths to data and liquidity providers, not only public speed-test endpoints.
Growth margin
Plan thresholds for scaling before the system is saturated. Capacity alerts and periodic load reviews should be part of the operating model.
Capacity planning inputs before hardware selection
Concurrency
Estimate peak simultaneous sessions, not only total registered accounts.
Data intensity
Capture symbol count, quote frequency, history requirements and feed topology.
Integration load
List bridges, gateways, CRM/API jobs, reporting, plugins and administrative workloads.
Headroom
Reserve capacity for market-open spikes, reconnect events, growth and maintenance operations.