We have discussed in detail the scale-cube model of scalability and have found what scaling at each axis means. Note that x-axis scaling is achieved through the use of load balancers between multiple instances and the users of the microservices. We also saw how z-axis scaling is based on the transaction origination suffered from some drawback.
Broadly, scaling in the microservice world can be categorized under two separate heads:
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