Primary Scalability Bottlenecks
Common Bottleneck Areas
- Database: Slow queries, lock contention, connection exhaustion
- Application Server: CPU-bound operations, memory leaks
- Network: Bandwidth limitations, high latency
- Third-Party Services: API rate limits, external latency
Solutions
| Bottleneck | Solutions |
|---|---|
| Database | Indexing, caching, read replicas, sharding |
| Application | Optimize code, async processing, horizontal scaling |
| Network | CDN, compression, connection pooling |
| External APIs | Caching, circuit breakers, fallbacks |