Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: How to Handle Million Users | System Design Ep 2

Ready to scale your system from single server to millions of users? In this System Design Series Episode 2, we dive deep into database selection and web server scaling strategies used by tech giants!
Building on our previous single-server setup, this video covers the critical decisions you'll face when your application grows beyond basic usage.

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📊 What You'll Learn:
✅ Database Architecture - When to separate web tier from database
✅ SQL vs NoSQL - Complete comparison with real use cases
✅ Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling - Restaurant analogy that makes it crystal clear
✅ Load Balancing Basics - Why you need it for horizontal scaling
✅ Trade-offs Analysis - Pros and cons of each scaling approach

🚀 Perfect for:
Software engineers preparing for system design interviews
Backend developers building scalable applications
Students learning distributed systems
Anyone curious about how large-scale systems work

⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 Recap: Single Server Setup
0:32 Multi-User Architecture
1:27 Database Types Overview
2:18 SQL vs NoSQL Comparison
3:18 When to Use Each Database Type
4:24 Web Server Scaling Introduction
4:59 Restaurant Analogy: Scaling Explained
6:39 Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling
7:14 Scaling Trade-offs Analysis
9:41 Load Balancer Preview
10:29 Next Episode Teaser

🔧 Technologies Mentioned:
Databases: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, CouchDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB
Protocols: HTTP, JSON
Concepts: Load balancing, data consistency, fault tolerance

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Видео Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: How to Handle Million Users | System Design Ep 2 канала Vishal Kumar