InfrastructureIntermediate

What is Horizontal Scaling?

Adding more servers to handle increased load

Why It Matters

Horizontal scaling can handle almost unlimited growth by adding more machines

Adding 10 more web servers when traffic increases during a sale

Upgrading a server to be more powerful with more CPU, memory, or storage

Your application's ability to handle growth in users, data, or traffic

A system that distributes incoming traffic across multiple servers to prevent any one from being overwhelmed

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A system that distributes incoming traffic across multiple servers to prevent any one from being overwhelmed

Your application's ability to handle growth in users, data, or traffic

Upgrading a server to be more powerful with more CPU, memory, or storage

A computer that runs continuously to handle requests, store data, and serve your application to users

A way to run code without managing your own servers, where the cloud provider handles everything

Code that runs on servers close to your users around the world, rather than in one central location