SCALING


HORIZONTAL SCALING

VERTICAL SCALING

LATERAL SCALING



Horizontal and Vertical scaling are traditional, readily used ideas.

In a system with nodes (o) and links (-);

Horizontal Scaling refers to the quantity of nodes in the system.

	o-o-o-o-o*(horizontal scale) = o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Vertical Scaling refers to the quality of nodes in the system

	o-o-o-o-o*(vertical scale) = O-O-O-O-O


Lateral Scaling is not planar. Horizontal and Vertical Scaling are wholly capturable on a 2-dimensional cartesian plane.

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Lateral Scaling is a third axis

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But what occupies this third axis?

    Vertical
(quality of nodes)
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	|/________ Horizontal
              (quantity of nodes)	

The lateral axis isn't about the nodes, but about the relations of the nodes. 

If the Network or Mesh or System is an integration of nodes (o) and links (-), then both components must matter.

	o o o o o*(lateral scale) = o-o-o-o-o

The internet is the penultimate example of lateral scaling.