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Thomas More

Thank you for sharing your insights. Proactive measures are crucial in maintaining the stability and performance of our database servers.

Considering your points, it's clear that maintaining adequate free storage on our database servers is essential to avoid storage bottlenecks, especially during critical incidents. In hindsight, increasing storage capacity proactively could have mitigated the risk of encountering such bottlenecks.

Furthermore, your suggestion to over-provision resources during the restoration of backups is well noted. Over-provisioning resources can help ensure smoother operations and minimize the impact of potential bottlenecks during such critical processes.

Lastly, implementing rate limiting proactively to manage sudden traffic spikes is a sensible approach to prevent server overload and maintain optimal performance. By anticipating potential traffic spikes and implementing appropriate measures beforehand, we can better safeguard against disruptions and ensure the seamless functioning of our servers.

Moving forward, we must prioritize proactive measures to address potential challenges before they escalate into critical incidents. By doing so, we can enhance the resilience and reliability of our database infrastructure.

If you need further assistance or coursework help in implementing these proactive measures, please feel free to reach out.