{"id":4108,"date":"2022-04-15T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T11:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2022-04-15T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:28:44","slug":"what-is-vertical-scaling-horizontal-scaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/mongodb\/what-is-vertical-scaling-horizontal-scaling\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Vertical Scaling &#038; Horizontal Scaling ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Scaling is used to alters size of a system.<\/li>\n<li>In this process expand the system to meet the expected needs or we either compress.<\/li>\n<li>The scaling operation is by adding a new system in the existing one, or both or it can be achieved by adding resources to meet the smaller expectation in the current system.<\/li>\n<li>In this operation, there are two types scaling:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Vertical Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal Scaling<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling-and-horizontal-scaling.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1178\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling-and-horizontal-scaling.png 1178w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling-and-horizontal-scaling-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling-and-horizontal-scaling-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling-and-horizontal-scaling-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling-and-horizontal-scaling-390x199.png 390w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling-and-horizontal-scaling-820x419.png 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"vertical-scaling\">Vertical Scaling<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In this existing system where the new resources are added to meet the expectation.<\/li>\n<li>Resources that comprise the existing system and consider as a rack of servers.<\/li>\n<li>It is based on the idea of adding more power (CPU, RAM) to existing systems, basically adding more resources.<\/li>\n<li>It becomes cheaper than Horizontal scaling but it is not easy to process.<\/li>\n<li>The size of the existing system become expands vertically.<\/li>\n<li>It may involve downtime and harder to upgrade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vertical-scaling.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"horizontal-scaling\">Horizontal Scaling<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In this existing system where the new server racks are added to meet the higher expectation.<\/li>\n<li>Resources that comprise the existing system and consider as a rack of servers<\/li>\n<li>It is based on the idea of adding more machines into our pool of resources.<\/li>\n<li>It is costlier than Vertical Scaling and difficult.<\/li>\n<li>To upgrade it is easy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/horizontal-scaling.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scaling is used to alters size of a system. 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