You need to be prepared for peak workloads or sudden jumps in usage:
- homework due dates
- online exams
- massive online courses
- incorporating large content libraries
- users migrating in from other systems
The LON-CAPA model system has always been distributed and systemwide load-balancing. LON-CAPA will be based on a dynamic cloud of servers in order to gracefully absorb peak loads and grow with usage while minimizing downtime.