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Vertical Scaling

Vertical scaling increases capacity by choosing a larger server. Start simply, monitor resource use, and scale up when metrics show a bottleneck.

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Source: system-design-primer/solutions/system_design/scaling_aws/README.md at master · donnemartin/system-design-primer · GitHub. Checked 2026-11-03.