Scenario: A company's Commvault infrastructure encounters performance degradation during peak usage hours. What proactive measures can they take to optimize performance under such conditions?

To optimize performance during peak usage hours, the company should implement a scale-out architecture, which involves adding more nodes or resources to the Commvault infrastructure to handle increased workload efficiently. Backup scheduling can help distribute the workload, but it may not directly address performance degradation. Bandwidth throttling and resource allocation are important but are not proactive measures specific to optimizing performance during peak usage hours.