Understanding Scalability
Scalability refers to the capability of a database to handle an increasing amount of work or its potential to accommodate growth. There are two primary types of scalability:
- Vertical Scalability (Scaling Up): Adding more resources (CPU, RAM, storage) to a single server.
- Horizontal Scalability (Scaling Out): Adding more servers to distribute the load.
MySQL Database Scalability
Scalability is essential to database administration, particularly when user loads and data quantities increase over time. The ability of the MySQL database system to manage growing amounts of data and user requests without compromising availability or speed is referred to as scalability.
We’ll look at the best practices in this tutorial for making sure MySQL databases are scalable so they may expand with the applications and business requirements without any problems.