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)

These posts are for my own understanding. Reader beware. Info may be wrong but it reflects my current understanding.