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Headroom a reactive autoscaler needs

Reactive autoscaling handles growth curves. It never handles spikes.

Recurring principle: Local optimizations compose badly

Worked examples, recomputed

Every number the mechanisms quote for this relationship is recomputed from it, so none of them disagrees with it.

Where it appears

Each mechanism states it in its own names. The general symbol each name stands for is shown with it.