# Hard Resource Ceiling

> A fixed upper bound on a single machine's resources that caps how far vertical scaling can go.

Record: `lex:hard-resource-ceiling`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-hard-resource-ceiling

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Vertical Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/vertical-scaling.md)