Top "Scalability" questions

Scalability is the ability of a system, network, or process, to handle growing amount of work in a capable manner or its ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth.

Why does this Java code not utilize all CPU cores?

The attached simple Java code should load all available cpu core when starting it with the right parameters. So for …

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Scaling a postgres server to multiple servers

Our postgres server is about hitting its capacity and we're looking into adding a second database server. Are there any …

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Optimizing Kohana-based Websites for Speed and Scalability

A site I built with Kohana was slammed with an enormous amount of traffic yesterday, causing me to take a …

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How/why do functional languages (specifically Erlang) scale well?

I have been watching the growing visibility of functional programming languages and features for a while. I looked into them …

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Neo4j sharding aspect

I was looking on the scalability of Neo4j, and read a document written by David Montag in January 2013. Concerning …

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C++ Socket Server - Unable to saturate CPU

I've developed a mini HTTP server in C++, using boost::asio, and now I'm load testing it with multiple clients …

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How does Node.js perform compared to Apache?

Is Node.js quicker and more scalable than Apache? Are there any performance figures to back up Node.js's performance …

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Azure Service Bus Scalability

I am trying to understand how can I make Azure Service Bus Topic to be scaleable to handle >10,000 requests/…

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Why is Node.js scalable?

node.js scalable, what is meant by the that? What part of a node.js server is scalable. I read …

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How to partition Mysql across MULTIPLE SERVERS?

I know that horizontal partitioning...you can create many tables. How can you do this with multiple servers? This will …

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