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Scaling

Explore how scaling strategies on AWS, including vertical and horizontal scaling, help you adapt computing resources to workload demands. Understand when to upgrade instance types or leverage Auto Scaling for cost savings and improved performance, reducing waste and avoiding bottlenecks in your cloud infrastructure.

Types of scaling

When many people think of scaling, it is in the context of performance or being able to keep up with demand—but scaling can also help save us money. It lets us use only what we need by adapting our resources to our actual requirements. We can usually do this automatically and we can automate something anytime, which can save us money too.

Let’s learn how some different scaling methods can save us money.

Vertical scaling

Vertical scaling
Vertical scaling

Let's look at vertical scaling in the context of a ...