From the course: Cloud Computing Terms Every Beginner Should Know
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Scalability
From the course: Cloud Computing Terms Every Beginner Should Know
Scalability
Imagine you've just built an application that suddenly gains popularity overnight. It attracts a huge number of users, but because of this massive traffic, the servers overload causing the application to crash. To avoid situations like this and ensure consistent performance regardless of traffic., it's important to understand the concept of scalability. Scalability refers to an application's ability to handle increased load or demand without compromising performance. It's critical in modern software development, ensuring that your application can grow and serve users seamlessly. Think of scalability as a rubber band. When stretched, the rubber band can extend and hold more objects without breaking. Scalability helps optimize cost and performance of an application. Instead of investing in heavy infrastructure to meet peak traffic requirements, you can scale the existing infrastructure as needed, eliminating the need for unused resources. Scalability also plays an important role in the…
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