# Alignment to demand
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| DRHCSUS02: How are you scaling and sizing your infrastructure to match demand and minimize resource consumption? | 
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 Infrastructure resources such as Amazon EC2 instances and load balancers should be dynamically scaled to match observed demand. 

**Topics**
+ [DRHCSUS02-BP01 When using Local Zones, monitor and scale your workloads to match demand, and use only the minimum required resources](drhcsus02-bp01.md)
+ [DRHCSUS02-BP02 Before ordering an AWS Outpost, engage with an AWS Outposts specialist to verify that the ordered capacity aligns with your workload requirements](drhcsus02-bp02.md)