Generally speaking, there are two types of scaling for SQL Server workloads; horizontally partitioning the workload across multiple servers or vertically scaling the workload with a bigger, single server.
Jonathan Kehayias
Jonathan Kehayias is a Principal Consultant with SQLskills. He is the youngest person ever to achieve the Microsoft Certified Master – SQL Server certification and has been a SQL Server MVP for many years. Jonathan is heavily involved in the SQL community, including being a top answerer on the MSDN Database Engine forum, writing deep technical content on his blog, and answering questions as @SQLPoolBoy on Twitter.
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