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Top Architect
Top Architect
Apr 30, 2022 · Backend Development

Scaling Strategies, Hardware Expansion, and Distributed ID Generation in Backend Systems

The article explains why capacity expansion is needed, compares whole‑machine and component‑level scaling, introduces the AKF splitting principle, discusses challenges of distributed architectures, and reviews database clustering and distributed ID generation techniques such as UUID and Snowflake.

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Scaling Strategies, Hardware Expansion, and Distributed ID Generation in Backend Systems
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Nov 9, 2021 · Operations

Scaling Strategies: Hardware Expansion, AKF Partitioning, and Distributed ID Generation

This article explains why scaling is necessary, outlines hardware and component expansion strategies, introduces the AKF partitioning principle for horizontal and vertical scaling, discusses challenges after splitting, and reviews database clustering and distributed ID generation techniques such as UUID and Snowflake, highlighting their advantages and drawbacks.

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Scaling Strategies: Hardware Expansion, AKF Partitioning, and Distributed ID Generation