1. A resource-aware system for managing request traffic based on a management policy, comprising: an analyzer system for monitoring a performance of a set of system resources in response to the request traffic, and for determining when at least one of the set of system resources is approaching an overload condition based on the management policy; and a planning system for identifying a corrective action to avoid the overload condition, wherein the corrective action is identified based on the at least one system resource that is approaching the overload condition and the management policy.