Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling
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What is Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling?
Horizontal scaling is the process of adding more machines to your system. This is also known as scaling out. Vertical scaling is the process of adding more power to a single machine. This is also known as scaling up.
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Is this Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 126 of 188 in the free Computer Science roadmap, in stage 18, System Design. If you are new to Computer Science, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.