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AWS EC2 Scaling

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Summary

Scaling is a way of adjusting computing capacity to keep up with application demand. There are two main approaches: vertical scaling that magnifies the size of an instance, and horizontal scaling that adds the number of new instances. Each approach has its own advantages and limitations depending on the type of workload.

Key points

Vertical scaling (scale up) magnifies the capacity of one machine
Horizontal scaling (scale out) adds to the number of machines
Vertical limited to the maximum size of the instance and the process resize
The horizontal is more elastic but requires additional traffic adjustment

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