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# Scaling Strategy Specification
## Overview
Horizontal and vertical scaling strategies for the platform.
## Horizontal Scaling Patterns
### Application Scaling
**Method**: Add more service instances
**Auto-scaling**: Based on CPU, memory, request rate
**Load Balancing**: Distribute traffic across instances
### Database Scaling
**Read Replicas**: Scale read capacity
**Sharding**: Partition data for write scaling
**Connection Pooling**: Efficient connection management
## Database Scaling
### Read Replicas
**Strategy**: Multiple read replicas for read-heavy workloads
**Replication**: Async replication from primary
**Use Case**: API read operations
### Sharding
**Strategy**: Partition data by chain_id
**Implementation**: Database partitioning
**Use Case**: Very large datasets
## Caching Strategy
### Redis Cache
**Use Cases**:
- API response caching
- Session storage
- Rate limiting counters
- Frequently accessed data
### CDN Caching
**Use Cases**:
- Static assets
- API responses (short TTL)
## Load Balancing Configuration
**Method**: Kubernetes service or external load balancer
**Algorithm**: Round-robin or least connections
**Health Checks**: Regular health checks, route to healthy instances
## References
- Infrastructure: See `infrastructure.md`
- CI/CD: See `cicd.md`