- Scaling out scales your application horizontally (by adding additional instances), while scaling up scales your application vertically (so better hardware is provisioned).
- In most cases, you scale out rather than scale up. This is because the performance of the hardware is limited and it is easier to add another machine to the set rather than provision a new CPU and memory.
- Not really—while conceptually it could be possible, serverless services avoid scaling up.
- Yes—if you scale out Azure App Service, the price for the service will be multiplied by the number of instances currently working.
- In SF, scaling out is perfectly fine. The dangerous operations are scaling up as it requires you to take your workload from one place and migrate it to another one.
- Manual scaling can be problematic when the traffic your application handles...
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Kamil Mrzygłód is a technical lead and technology advisor, working with multiple companies on designing and implementing Azure-based systems and platforms. He's a former Microsoft Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and certified trainer, who shares his knowledge via various channels, including conference speeches and open source projects and contributions. Kamil lives in Poland with his two cats and one dog, dedicating some of his time to video games, cooking, and traveling.
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Kamil Mrzygłód is a technical lead and technology advisor, working with multiple companies on designing and implementing Azure-based systems and platforms. He's a former Microsoft Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and certified trainer, who shares his knowledge via various channels, including conference speeches and open source projects and contributions. Kamil lives in Poland with his two cats and one dog, dedicating some of his time to video games, cooking, and traveling.
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