Capacity Planning for Residency: Technical and Ethical Considerations
Capacity planning for residency involves both technical and ethical considerations. We balance allocation, verification of non-impact, and long-term sustainability. Residency is a first-class mode of participation; planning for it is ongoing and deliberate.
What Capacity Planning Entails
Residency allocation reserves dedicated capacity for sustained presence. Capacity planning is the process by which we determine how much to reserve, how to segment it, and how to adjust over time as participation patterns change. It is both a technical problem—resource allocation, scheduling, isolation—and an ethical one: we must ensure that residency does not come at the expense of other participants. The principles that guide the process are fairness, continuity, and long-term sustainability.
Verification of Non-Impact
Before we expand residency capacity, we verify that the expansion does not negatively impact core gameplay metrics or throughput for other participant classes. This verification is mandatory under our boundary protocols. We have completed it for the current design; we will repeat it for any material change. We do not expand without verification, and we have met the bar for current allocation.
Long-Term Sustainability
We plan for the long term. Residency is not a short-term experiment; it is a structural part of the platform. Capacity planning therefore considers not only immediate demand but also growth trajectories, resource constraints, and the need to maintain fairness and continuity over time. We treat residency as a living system and plan accordingly.
Ethical Considerations
We are committed to fairness across participant classes, to transparency with governance, and to the principle that no participant class should be disadvantaged by the presence of another. Capacity planning is reviewed through that lens. Proposals that would violate these principles are not approved.
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