Create a scaling plan

- [Instructor] We have several options … when we want to scale our resources in the cloud. … However, this isn't your typical scaling operation. … With containers we have multiple layers … and each with its own options. … Now when we're looking to scale, … we have the option of scaling resources … vertically or horizontally. … Vertically means, we can increase the amount of power … for that resource. … So, for a VM we would increase the VM size, … which would give us more RAM and CPU. … If we wanted to scale horizontally, … we can create another instance … and distribute the workload between them. … With Kubernetes and containerization, … we have multiple layers at which we can scale. … For instance, we can scale the number of pods … to meet demand. … We can even automate it based on resource utilization. … This could mean if our pods for the frontend … are running at 50% usage, we add another pod. … Similarly, we can scale the number of nodes. … We simply add more nodes … and Kubernetes will handle resource allocation …