Unfortunately, not all databases support horizontal scaling without time-consuming manual sharding of the large tables. Database indexes in read/write transactional SQL databases can limit the ...

Horizontal Database Scalability In this method you can add capacity by adding ... that accepts changes and multiple active replicas are typically read-only, as in the SQL Server AlwaysOn Readable ...

Native horizontal scaling eliminates this burden ... that performance will be there when it’s needed. A distributed SQL database is what you get when you redesign relational databases around ...

This approach has limits and can become costly. Horizontal Scalability (Scaling Out): Distributing the database workload across multiple servers or nodes in a cluster. New servers can be added as ...

Microsoft has detailed part its drive into larger enterprises, with a road map for its SQL Server database emphasising scalability through clustering and transaction monitoring middleware.

The new 9.5 version boosts performance and scalability, enhances productivity with data analytics, and improves integration with other database solutions, laying the groundwork for supporting ...