# Scale-Out

> The ability to add capacity by adding more machines that share the load.

Record: `lex:scale-out`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-scale-out

## category

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

## referenced-by

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