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How far you can vertically scale on one server before requiring a split or shard in your data is why it's a big deal.
A) App servers are easy to scale (stateless, add hardware).
B) Database servers are hard to scale (requires changing logic).
If you're immediately hitting B) you're probably screwed.
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How far you can vertically scale on one server before requiring a split or shard in your data is why it's a big deal.
A) App servers are easy to scale (stateless, add hardware).
B) Database servers are hard to scale (requires changing logic).
If you're immediately hitting B) you're probably screwed.