# DRHCREL04-BP01 Due to the finite capacity of Outposts on-premises, plan ahead for required compute, storage, and network resources
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 Proactively manage AWS Outposts capacity by planning compute, storage, and network resources to ensure high availability and optimal performance while following Well-Architected best practices. 

 **Desired outcome:** Achieve efficient allocation and management of Outposts resources, improving availability and compliance with data residency requirements while accommodating future growth and workload demands. 

 **Benefits of establishing this best practice:** Proactive resource planning for Outposts validates that there is enough capacity to run workloads even with failures to maintain data residency requirements. 

 **Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established:** High 

## Implementation guidance
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 Plan and allocate sufficient compute, storage, and network capacity ahead of time for your workloads on AWS Outposts to meet high availability requirements, right-sizing, and avoiding bottlenecks. Engage AWS Cloud specialists and Support to assist with capacity planning, right-sizing, and monitoring best practices for your Outposts environment, aligning with the operational excellence pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Use Outposts capacity management to view, plan, and modify capacity configuration.