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What is advantages and disadvantages in Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling? [closed]

one of the excellence in nosql is Vertical Scaling but i want to know What is advantages and disadvantages in Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling?
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Why parallel read/write is more difficult in Relational database? [closed]

I read about Scalability in database in wikipedia and this question so i don't understand: Why parallel read/write is more difficult in Relational database? Why Vertical Scalability is Impossible in ...
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Why can't RDBM's cluster the way NoSQL does?

One of the big plusses for nosql DBMS is that they can cluster more easily. Supposedly with NoSQL you can create hundreds of cheap machines that store different pieces of data and query it all at ...
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Scalable DBaaS that can scale to hundreds of terabytes with easy backup and restore

I've gone over many DBaaS solutions, including Xeround (limited to 50G, in memory), NuoDB (currently in beta 7), DrawnToScale (not out yet), MongoDB (in memory), RavenDB (for ASP.NET, but NoSQL) and ...
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to what “scale” of applications does nosql support?

Recently i came across the Nosql database concept, though i learnt how to and why of it, i did not get a proper answer to the question , to what scale of project does it support? Will it support ...
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Database suggestion for a social network/ knowledge base community?

I am looking into various database types and DBMS's for a new project I am wanting to start in the summer. I have built systems in MySQL and postgreSQL , now I am wanting to expand my knowledge and ...
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Are there any in-memory NoSQL databases?

Given that NoSQL databases are designed to support horizontal scalability by throwing in more servers, are there any that are designed to do entirely without persistent disk storage? I'm looking at ...
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What does horizontal scaling mean?

In database context, I have come across horizontal scalability as one of the advantages of the NOSQL databases. What does the term mean? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchDB ...