Scalability for Mobile and Web Products
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Scalability for Mobile and Web Products: Comprehensive Guide
Scalability is critical for a growing product. In this guide, we will examine how to keep your architecture stable during traffic and user growth.
What is Scalability?
Scalability is the capacity of a system to handle increasing load. You should know vertical and horizontal scaling types.
Scaling Types
1. Vertical Scaling
- More powerful server
- More RAM
- More CPU
- Limit: Server capacity
2. Horizontal Scaling
- Adding more servers
- Servers behind load balancer
- No limit
- More complex
Architectural Patterns
- Microservices: Each service scales independently
- Serverless: Automatic scaling
- Event-Driven: Asynchronous communication
Database Scaling
- Read Replicas: Distribute read requests
- Sharding: Splitting data across databases
- Caching: Redis/Memcached usage
Conclusion
Scalability starts with the right architectural decisions. CreativeCode offers scalable system consulting.
Author: Tolga Ege - Architecture Specialist
Tolga Ege - Senior Mobile & Web Developer, Founder of CreativeCode
Mobile App, Web Development, AI, SaaS