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Messages are transmitted to first and second server groups in an on-demand computing services environment. The first message instructs the first server group to reduce a first resource allocation level associated with a network-accessible computing resource, while the second message instructs the second server group to increase a second resource allocation level associated with the resource. The resource allocation levels designate respective proportions of the network-accessible computing resource shared among the server groups. Request traffic associated with providing services via the on-demand computing services environment is transferred from the first server group to the second server group after decreasing the first resource allocation level and increasing the second resource allocation level.