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System Design
What is the core difference between vertical and horizontal scaling?
A
Vertical scaling adds more servers; horizontal scaling makes one server bigger
B
Vertical scaling makes one server bigger (more CPU/RAM); horizontal scaling adds more servers running the same application
C
They are two names for the same technique
D
Horizontal scaling only applies to databases
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