# How SRE Teams Use Capacity Planning to Prevent Outages Before They Happen

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Podcast: [The Site Reliability Podcast with Fexingo: SRE, Uptime, and Production Engineering](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-site-reliability-podcast-with-fexingo-sre-uptime-and-production-engineering-7871923)
Published: 2026-07-12T10:08:46+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-site-reliability-podcast/episode-0106.mp3
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## Resource

In this episode of The Site Reliability Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how SRE teams use capacity planning to prevent outages before they occur. They discuss the difference between reactive scaling and proactive capacity modeling, using real-world examples like a major video streaming service's pre-holiday provisioning. The hosts explain key metrics such as the capacity headroom ratio, lead time for provisioning, and the importance of demand forecasting. They also highlight common pitfalls like overprovisioning and the trade-off between cost and reliability. By the end, listeners will understand how a structured capacity planning process can save millions in incident costs and keep services running smoothly. #SiteReliabilityEngineering #CapacityPlanning #SRE #Uptime #ProductionEngineering #DemandForecasting #CapacityHeadroom #CloudInfrastructure #Reliability #Scalability #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #IncidentPrevention #Provisioning #CapacityModeling #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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