commit 0710b9f2d63d4aa68a92300b7529f9f6f531ee9a parent 50937dd66cb98125ac28bd5459226fffc550b8c7 Author: Ville-Matias Heikkila <viznut@low.fi> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:51:13 +0300 add page Diffstat:
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diff --git a/scalability.mdwn b/scalability.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Scalability +=========== + +Scalability usually means upscalability: the property of a system to handle +a growing amount of work by adding resources to the system. + +In permacomputing, downscalability may be more important than upscalability. +Systems in general are supposed to remain small, so they don't need to be +designed with upscalability in mind. However, there may often be a need to +implement an idea or an algorithm in a very restricted environments, which +creates preference for downscalable ideas and algorithms.