Database Scaling Cheatsheet

Indexing: Check the query patterns of your application and create the right indexes.

Materialized Views: Pre-compute complex query results and store them for faster access.

Denormalization: Reduce complex joins to improve query performance.

Vertical Scaling Boost your database server by adding more CPU, RAM, or storage.

Caching Store frequently accessed data in a faster storage layer to reduce database load.

Replication Create replicas of your primary database on different servers for scaling the reads.

Sharding Split your database tables into smaller pieces and spread them across servers. Used for scaling the writes as well as the reads.