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AWS Application Auto Scaling automatically adjusts the capacity of your scalable resources to maintain performance and cost-effectiveness.
Last Modified: August 29, 2025
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Key Features
- Automatically adjusts resources for supported AWS services.
- Works with DynamoDB, ECS, and custom resources.
- Supports scaling policies and scheduled scaling.
- Integrates with CloudWatch metrics.
Common Use Cases
- Automatically scaling ECS services based on demand.
- Adjusting DynamoDB read/write capacity to optimize costs.
- Scaling custom resources using CloudWatch alarms.
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