Awanio Autoscaling for VMs (Horizontal Scaling) is an intelligent feature in Awanio that allows the system to automatically increase or decrease the number of Virtual Machines (VMs) based on real-time workload needs within the Awanio cluster.

With this horizontal scaling approach, Awanio doesn’t just rely on increasing the resources of a single VM, but dynamically creates or deletes new VM instances to ensure optimal application performance, maintained availability, and efficient cluster resource utilization.

The entire scale-out and scale-in process is automatic, fast, and without downtime.

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1. Native Autoscaling Engine in Awanio**

Awanio has a built-in autoscaling engine that:

• Monitors CPU, RAM, and VM resource usage
• Executes scale-out/scale-in operations without additional tools
• Integrates directly with Awanio cluster orchestration

No external solutions required.

2. Automatic Scale-Out & Scale-In

Awanio automatically:

• Scale-Out → adds new VMs when load increases
• Scale-In → reduces VMs when load decreases

All based on predefined policies.

3. Policy-Based Scaling (Rule & Threshold)

Administrators can define rules, for example:

• CPU > 70% for 5 minutes → add 1 VM
• Memory > 80% → add 1 VM
• CPU < 30% for 10 minutes → remove 1 VM

Provides full control based on application characteristics.

4. Fast VM Provisioning

New VM provisioning can be done very quickly, supporting real-time scaling.

5. Cluster-Aware Smart Placement

Awanio Scheduler will place new VMs on nodes that:

• Have the least load
• Have the most optimal resources
• Maintain balance between nodes

In line with the Dynamic Workload Balancing feature.

7. High Availability Ready

Autoscaling works hand in hand with:

• Awanio’s HA mechanism
• Failover between nodes
• Awanio’s distributed storage

Ensures new VMs remain in a resilient environment.

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1. Always Optimal Performance

Applications on Awanio remain responsive even during traffic spikes because capacity automatically increases.

2. True Elastic Infrastructure on Awanio

Awanio is no longer static. The infrastructure becomes:

• Elastic
• Adaptive
• Dynamically adapts to workload

Like a public cloud, but private/on-prem.

3. High Availability & Business Continuity

With many scalable VM instances:

• Reduced risk of single points of failure
• Significantly increased application availability

4. Optimal Resource Utilization

No more:

• Idle nodes
• Wasted resources
• Excessive overprovisioning

Awanio maximizes the entire cluster capacity.

5. Zero Manual Scaling

IT teams don’t need to:

• Standby during traffic spikes
• Manually create/delete VMs
• Reconfigure load balancers

All done automatically by Awanio.

6. Lower OPEX, Better ROI

With autoscaling:

• More efficient operational costs
• No need to purchase servers just for peak loads
• Infrastructure is used according to actual needs