Daniel Robinson, product manager at Matrox Video, explains why horizontal scaling is becoming mission critical in meeting the ...

What are vertical and horizontal scaling? Vertical scaling entails the expansion of a network by adding more power and memory to a system’s core processing unit, whereas horizontal scaling involves ...

IT systems can scale vertically, horizontally, and sometimes both. In broad terms, vertical scaling, or scale-up, entails installing more powerful systems or upgrading to more powerful components.

Distributed computing is the simultaneous use of more than one computer to solve a problem. It is often used for problems that are so big that no individual computer can handle them. This method of ...