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Datanauts 055: All About Scaling Out

Drew Conry-Murray October 12, 2016

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When an application needs more of something (CPU, memory, disk, and so on) you’ve got two choices: you can scale up, or scale out.

In simple terms, scaling up means buying a bigger or faster box. Scaling out means replicating boxes (three servers instead of two, for example), and distributing your application across these units.

As we begin to reach the limits of Moore’s Law, scaling up becomes less of an option, so it makes sense to understand scale-out. But even without such limitations, there are plenty of good reasons to adopt scale-out architectures.

Today’s Datanauts episode delves into the nitty-gritty of how scale-out works for servers, networking, and storage; what scale-out means for application design and operations; and how vendors, open source projects, and cloud services are positioning themselves in a scale-out world.

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Show Links:

Datanauts 011: Understanding Leaf-Spine Networks – Packet Pushers

Scalable Microservices with Kubernetes – Udacity Course (free)

Kubernetes Bootcamp – GitHub

Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation – Red Hat

The Complete Guide to the ELK Stack – Logz.io

About Drew Conry-Murray

Drew Conry-Murray has been writing about information technology for more than 15 years, with an emphasis on networking, security, and cloud. He's co-host of The Network Break podcast and a Tech Field Day delegate. He loves real tea and virtual donuts, and is delighted that his job lets him talk with so many smart, passionate people. He writes novels in his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @Drew_CM or reach out at drew.conrymurray@packetpushers.net.

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  1. Alan Wijntje says

    October 17, 2016 at 10:47 AM

    Good discussion on the various aspects of scaling.

    However in this podcast I would have to say that the real star of the show was “the podcast editor”…

    Regards,

    Alan

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