Using the Gini Coefficient to Plan Edge Capacity

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capacity planningGini coefficienttraffic inequalitycache behaviorCPU utilizationheadroomedge infrastructureFastly

Author: bshanks

Date: 6/24/2026

Article Summary:
Fastly's capacity planning team uses the Gini coefficient to measure traffic inequality and predict cache behavior, CPU utilization, and headroom in their edge infrastructure.