Vertical Scaling
Vertical scaling is when you increase the capacity of a system by increasing the compute size.
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flowchart LR
subgraph Before
A[(Computer 1)]
end
subgraph After
B[(Computer 1 \n\n\n\n\n)]
end
Before --> After
- Very simple and straight forward
- No code or design changes needed
- Becomes more expensive (compared to [[Horizontal Scaling|horizontal scaling]]) as more specialized hardware is needed to achieve higher levels of performance
- Increased risk of a single point of failure