Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling
Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling
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Compare horizontal and vertical scaling. When to use each, limitations, and how services like Zomato, Hotstar handle sudden traffic spikes. Cover auto-scaling, stateless design, and session management.
Approach
Compare horizontal vs vertical scaling with real-world scaling strategies.
Input
Hotstar serves 25M concurrent viewers during IPL final
Output
Horizontal scaling: add thousands of streaming servers; CDN for video; stateless auth via JWT
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