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Scalability

Scalability is the property of a system to handle a growing amount of work. One definition for software systems specifies that this may be done by adding resources to the system.

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Dimensions

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Horizontal (scale out) and vertical scaling (scale up)

Network scalability

Database scalability

Strong versus eventual consistency (storage)

Performance tuning versus hardware scalability

Universal Scalability Law

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Scalability

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples54
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Scalability

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related to Strong versus eventual consistency (storage) · 11
Scalability → Clusters, CouchDB, For, In, Many, NoSQL, PC, Read, The, This, Write
related to Universal Scalability Law · 9
Scalability → Also, Coherence, Contention, For, Gunther, In, Neil, Universal Scalability Law, USL
related to Dimensions · 7
Scalability → Administrative, Functional, Generation, Geographic, Heterogeneous, Load, The
related to Performance tuning versus hardware scalability · 7
Scalability → Amdahl's Law, But, CPUs, For, If, It, Substituting
related to Horizontal or scale out · 5
Scalability → An, Exploiting, High-performance, Other, Scaling
is a · 4
Scalability → ability to adopt components from different vendors, characteristic of computers, property of a system to handle a growing amount of work, vital consideration for businesses aiming to meet customer expectations
related to Database scalability · 3
Scalability → Algorithmic, Architectural, Workloads
related to Weak versus strong scaling · 3
Scalability → High, Strong, Weak

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system scalable resources number scale scaling storage performance systems adding computing distributed capacity one example ability new handle consistency hardware

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Scalabilityis aproperty of a system to handle a growing amount of work0.90text
Scalabilityis acharacteristic of computers0.90text
Scalabilityis avital consideration for businesses aiming to meet customer expectations0.90text
Scalabilityis aability to adopt components from different vendors0.90text
throughputinstance ofmore sophisticated programming to allocate tasks among resources and handling issues0.80text
latencyinstance ofmore sophisticated programming to allocate tasks among resources and handling issues0.80text
and synchronization across nodesinstance ofmore sophisticated programming to allocate tasks among resources and handling issues0.80text
contentioninstance ofGunther and quantifies scalability based on parameters0.80text
coherencyinstance ofGunther and quantifies scalability based on parameters0.80text
Scalabilityrelated to Database scalabilityWorkloads0.60section
Scalabilityrelated to Database scalabilityAlgorithmic0.60section
Scalabilityrelated to Database scalabilityArchitectural0.60section

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