Vertical Scaling
Advantages
- Simple and easier to maintain.
- Comparatively cheaper setup.
- Everything is stored in one machine.
Disadvantages
- Limited Scalability: There’s a hardware limit to how much you can scale a single server.
- Higher Costs: High-end servers can be very expensive.
- Single Point of Failure: If the server fails, the entire database becomes unavailable.
Horizontal Vs Vertical Scaling in MongoDB
Horizontal and vertical scaling are two common strategies used to handle increasing loads or data volumes in databases like MongoDB. MongoDB is a popular open-source, NoSQL database management system that uses a document-oriented data model. It has multiple features like high performance, flexibility, and scalability. In this article, we will talk about its scalability aspect.
Table of Content
- What is scalability?
- Horizontal Scaling
- Vertical Scaling
- Use Cases
- Which one to choose?
- How to do scaling in MongoDB?
- Difference between of Horizontal and Vertical Scrolling
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