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# Cold Start Strategy
## Overview
A cold start occurs when a new application container is created to handle increased traffic. During startup, the container needs time to initialize before it can receive requests.
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## Strategy
### 1. Keep Warm Containers
Maintain a small number of standby containers that are already running and ready to receive traffic immediately.
### 2. Auto Scaling
Automatically create additional containers when CPU usage, memory usage, or request rate exceeds predefined thresholds.
### 3. Lightweight Container Images
Use small Docker images to reduce image download and startup time.
### 4. Health Checks
Only send traffic to containers after they successfully pass health checks.
### 5. Container Image Caching
Cache frequently used container images on the compute nodes to avoid downloading them repeatedly.
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## Benefits
- Faster application startup
- Lower request latency
- Better user experience during traffic spikes
- Improved application availability