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System Design Quiz Practice
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System Design
Which is the most durable long-term scaling strategy for a growing service?
A
Vertical scaling forever, upgrading to bigger instances indefinitely
B
Vertical scaling as a cheap short-term stopgap, while building toward a stateless architecture that can scale horizontally without a hard ceiling
C
Never scaling vertically under any circumstances
D
Randomly alternating between vertical and horizontal scaling
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