Horizontal Scaling

Expanding system capacity by adding more machines to handle increased load.

What is Horizontal Scaling?

Horizontal scaling, also known as scaling out, involves adding more servers or instances to distribute workload and improve performance.

Horizontal scaling is commonly used in cloud computing and SaaS.

Advantages of horizontal scaling include:

  • Improved fault tolerance and redundancy
  • Better resource distribution for handling high traffic
  • Easier scaling in cloud environments

    • Cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP provide horizontal scaling solutions.

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