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[en] Small fix for horizontal-scaling.md #3241

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Horizontal scaling is a technique where a system's capacity is increased by adding more [nodes](/nodes/)
versus adding more compute resources to individual nodes (the latter being known as [vertical scaling](/vertical-scaling/)).
Let's say, we have a system of 4GB RAM and want to increase its capacity to 16GB RAM,
scaling it horizontally means doing so by adding 4 x 4GB RAM rather than switching to a 16GB RAM system.
Let's say, we have a system of 4GB RAM and want to increase its capacity to 16GB RAM.
Scaling it horizontally means doing so by adding 3 nodes x 4GB RAM rather than switching to
a 16GB RAM system.

This approach enhances the performance of an application by adding new instances, or [nodes](/nodes/),
This approach enhances the performance of an application by adding new instances, or nodes,
to better distribute the workload.
In simple words, it aims to decrease the server's load
rather than expanding capacity of the individual server.
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