Best practices for achieving scalability
Scalability is often a feature of a system that can be easily overlooked during the initial design phase, where functionality and immediate performance concerns tend to take precedence. However, in the high-stakes world of financial trading, where microseconds can equate to significant financial impact, scalability is not just a feature but a cornerstone of system architecture. It ensures that as transaction volumes grow and the complexity of trading strategies increases, the system can handle this growth without a proportional increase in latency or degradation of performance.
The journey toward scalability begins with an understanding of the system’s current limitations and potential future growth trajectories. It involves a thorough analysis of historical data, traffic patterns, and trading volumes, as well as an assessment of the existing hardware and software infrastructure’s capacity to handle increased loads.
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