Scalability
Business & Strategy
Ability to handle growth
What is Scalability?
System's capacity to accommodate increased load. Vertical: bigger servers. Horizontal: more servers.
Real-World Examples
- •Website handling 10 to 10 million users
- •Database growing from GB to TB
- •Auto-scaling cloud resources
When to Use This
Design for scalability if expecting significant growth
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