ScyllaDB demonstrates that scaling up with large nodes beats the common practice of scaling out with many small nodes by leveraging modern hardware efficiently. Large nodes maximize resource utilization, reduce cluster complexity, and lower operational costs compared to sprawling small-node clusters. ScyllaDB’s shard-per-core architecture allows each CPU core to operate independently with dedicated resources, enabling linear performance scaling as cores increase. This design provides superior throughput, faster streaming, better compaction, and faster recovery times, ensuring more predictable and cost-effective scalability for NoSQL workloads. Overall, scaling up with ScyllaDB improves performance and resource efficiency while simplifying database management.

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