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Scalability
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ArangoDB is a distributed database supporting multiple data models,
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and can thus be scaled horizontally, that is, by using many servers,
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typically based on commodity hardware. This approach not only delivers
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performance as well as capacity improvements, but also achieves
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resilience by means of replication and automatic fail-over. Furthermore,
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one can build systems that scale their capacity dynamically up and down
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automatically according to demand.
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One can also scale ArangoDB vertically, that is, by using
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ever larger servers. There is no built in limitation in ArangoDB,
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for example, the server will automatically use more threads if
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more CPUs are present.
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However, scaling vertically has the disadvantage that the
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costs grow faster than linear with the size of the server, and
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none of the resilience and dynamical capabilities can be achieved
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in this way.
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In this chapter we explain the distributed architecture of ArangoDB and
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discuss its scalability features and limitations:
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- [ArangoDB's distributed architecture](Architecture.md)
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- [Different data models and scalability](DataModels.md)
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- [Limitations](Limitations.md)
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