Saturday, December 23, 2017

The Pros and Cons of Database Scaling Options

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The Pros and Cons of Database Scaling Options
The Pros and Cons of Database Scaling Options

As cloud and container-based environments become ubiquitous, organizations are increasingly moving away from high-performance static hardware to dynamically changing, virtual, commodity infrastructure. Systems need to expand and contract easily to meet an ever-changing demand — and that includes the database.

Database scaling is often implemented by clustering. Here's a quick overview of the pros and cons of traditional architectural implementations:

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