// ARCHITECTURE Β· SCALABILITY

Scalable architecture: scale up without breaking.

A scalable architecture absorbs growth by adding resources, not by praying the server holds. That's what separates a successful spike from an outage.

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// THE PROBLEM

Growing the server isn't a strategy.

01

The vertical ceiling

Increasing the machine size (vertical scaling) has a physical limit and a cost that explodes. And a single big server remains a single point of failure.

02

Real scalability

Horizontal scaling adds instances in parallel, behind a load balancer. Capacity follows demand, up and down.

03

The prerequisites

Shared state, externalized sessions, a right-sized database: we review every link so it can multiply.

// WHAT WE DO

The building blocks of a scalable architecture.

Stateless

Stateless services, multipliable at will.

Load balancing

Spread the load across N instances.

Auto-scaling

Follow demand automatically.

Data layer

A database that handles the target throughput.

// WHAT'S INCLUDED

The scope, no surprises.

A diagnosis of current limits
A target horizontal architecture
The auto-scaling strategy
Sizing of the data layer
Load tests for validation
A phased implementation plan
// HOW WE START

A starting point, a deliverable, execution.

01

Audit / scoping

5 to 10 days to map the existing setup and quantify the starting point, read-only.

02

The deliverable

A concrete action plan, at a fixed price, with gains and risks set down in black and white.

03

Execution

We execute with your engineers, in days, not quarters.

// FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Not necessarily. We pick the tool based on your context; native AWS auto-scaling is often enough.
// WHAT'S NEXT
→ Complete web architecture→→ Case: holding a traffic spike→

An architecture that keeps up with your growth.

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