Horizontal v Vertical Scaling

October 8, 2017 note-to-self

Horizontal scaling = Adding more houses 🏠 🏠 🏠 (More servers or machines)

Vertical scaling = Adding more rooms 🛏️ 🛏️ 🛏️ to existing houses (More resources like CPU or RAM to one machine)

Most posts are for my own reference and reflection, and shouldn’t be taken as fully accurate or instructional.