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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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