# Central Database Bottleneck

> Funneling all state through one shared database that becomes the system's scaling bottleneck.

Record: `lex:central-database-bottleneck`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-central-database-bottleneck

## category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## referenced-by

- [Space-Based Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/space-based-architecture.md)