May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
334 pages
7h 25m
English
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Linear scalability
Linear scalability refers to scaling an application vertically with the application of Amdahl's law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law). Here, you can also think about parallel computing.
Parallel computing is a type of computing architecture that indicates simultaneous processing with the execution of several processors.
The benefits of linear scalability in your application include:
- No code changes are required
- Extra resources can be easily added
- There is physical availability