Limits of a single server
Thursday, February 04, 2010
4:40 PM
Limits of a single server
No matter how much money you spend, a single server has a "speed limit" that doubles according to Moore's law every two years. 
Unfortunately, the number of potential users of a service can easily grow beyond the capacity of one server. 
One solution: horizontal (edge) scaling. 
Different kinds of scaling work independently. 
Edge scaling. 
Core scaling. 
Network scaling. 