Horizontal Scaling Vs Vertical Scaling

Horizontal Scaling Vs Vertical Scaling

Horizontal scaling means that you scale by adding more machines into your pool of resources whereas Vertical scaling means that you scale by adding more power (CPU, RAM) to an existing machine. For more info, see the link below https://medium.com/@abhinavkorpal/scaling-horizontally-and-vertically-for-databases-a2aef778610c   https://medium.com/@abhinavkorpal/scaling-horizontally-and-vertically-for-databases-a2aef778610c https://medium.com/@abhinavkorpal/scaling-horizontally-and-vertically-for-databases-a2aef778610c