GameDev Gary
Saturday evenings his game is full of players. Tuesday afternoons it's empty. Latency-sensitive on weekends, doesn't care on weekdays.
Operational profile
Vms 3-7 × 4 vCPU/16 GB, 150-400 GB block @ 4k IOPS Diurnal weekly (peak Sat ~8pm). Gold SLA, $2k signup.