AWS Blog company blog
Using load shedding to avoid overload
How Amazon uses load shedding to stay available under overload, rejecting excess work early so the system keeps serving requests it can handle.
- Points
- 243
- HN comments
- 45
- Submissions
- 1
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- 4 commenters
Systems & PerformanceInfrastructure & DevOps2021
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2021 | Using load shedding to avoid overload by kristianpaul | 243 | 45 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 4 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from Aug 2021 to Oct 2025.
Most recent:
- throwdbaaway · Oct 24, 2025
- js2 · Jan 16, 2022
- ignoramous · Nov 15, 2021
- luhn · Aug 20, 2021
