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CV0-003 · Question #359

Which of the following is an example of horizontal scaling?

The correct answer is D. Adding a host to a cluster. Horizontal scaling means increasing capacity by adding more nodes to a system, while vertical scaling means adding resources to an existing node. Adding a host to a cluster is the textbook definition of horizontal scaling.

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Question

Which of the following is an example of horizontal scaling?

Options

  • AMigrating a VM guest from one host to another in a cluster
  • BAdding VM guests to a host
  • CAdding CPU to a host
  • DAdding a host to a cluster

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • C
    8% (2)
  • D
    88% (22)

Why each option

Horizontal scaling means increasing capacity by adding more nodes to a system, while vertical scaling means adding resources to an existing node. Adding a host to a cluster is the textbook definition of horizontal scaling.

AMigrating a VM guest from one host to another in a cluster

Migrating a VM from one host to another is a live migration or workload balancing operation - it moves existing capacity but does not add new capacity to the environment.

BAdding VM guests to a host

Adding VM guests to a host increases utilization of the existing host's resources but does not introduce new capacity into the cluster, so it is not a scaling operation.

CAdding CPU to a host

Adding CPU to a host is vertical scaling (scale-up) because it increases the resource capacity of an existing node rather than adding a new node to the infrastructure.

DAdding a host to a clusterCorrect

Adding a host to a cluster is horizontal scaling (scale-out) because it increases total capacity by introducing a new independent node rather than upgrading existing hardware. Workloads can then be distributed across more hosts, improving both capacity and fault tolerance without modifying any existing machine.

Concept tested: Horizontal vs vertical scaling in virtualized cluster environments

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/auto-scaling

Topics

#horizontal scaling#scale out#vertical scaling#cluster expansion

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