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CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004 · Domain 3: Operations

Scaling: horizontal vs vertical, autoscaling policies (target tracking, scheduled, step) and cooldowns

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Scaling changes the capacity of a system to match demand. Elasticity, adding and removing capacity automatically, is one of the defining benefits of cloud computing.

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