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Chapter I: Networking & Web Fundamentals

Scalability

Handling growing load through vertical and horizontal scaling.

In short

Scalability is a system's ability to handle growing load by scaling up (vertical) or out (horizontal).

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Key takeaways

  • Vertical = simpler but capped; horizontal = scalable but complex.
  • Horizontal scaling needs load balancing and data distribution.