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Scaling Your System: Horizontal vs. Vertical Scaling

When your system is growing and demands are increasing, it’s important to ensure that your system is able to handle the load. Scaling is the process of adding resources to your system to handle increased demand. As cloud systems continue to become more prevalent in modern computing, the ability to scale these systems effectively has become an essential requirement for any organization. Scaling refers to the process of adjusting the computing resources allocated to a system to meet the demands of its users, ensuring that the system can handle the increasing load effectively. There are two main approaches to scaling: horizontal and vertical scaling. In this article, we’ll explore the differences between the two and when to use each approach. Vertical Scaling Vertical scaling, also known as "scaling up," involves adding more resources to an existing machine to increase its capacity. This approach involves upgrading the CPU, memory, or storage capacity of an existing machine, all...

Chaos Engineering: The Art of Building Resilient Systems

Chaos engineering is a practice of testing distributed systems under realistic and extreme scenarios to build resilience and improve reliability. It involves intentionally injecting failures into a system to observe its behavior and identify potential weaknesses. This technique helps to proactively detect and prevent system failures before they occur in real-world scenarios. Chaos engineering has gained popularity in recent years, particularly in cloud computing, where distributed systems are becoming increasingly complex and critical to business operations. By simulating the failure of individual components or even entire systems, chaos engineering can help identify potential problems and allow engineers to develop and test effective solutions. Principles of Chaos Engineering Chaos engineering is based on a set of principles that guide the practice: Start with a hypothesis: Chaos engineering involves developing a hypothesis about how a system will behave under a particular scenario. ...