# Distributed Scalability

> The degree to which enforcing atomic transactions across nodes limits how far a system can scale out.

Record: `lexicon:distributed-scalability`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-distributed-scalability

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [All-or-Nothing State Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/all-or-nothing-state-change.md) and before [Partial Commit](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/partial-commit.md).

## Category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## In tension with

- [Atomicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/atomicity.md)
- [Atomicity / Distributed Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/atomicity-distributed-scalability.md)

## Linked from

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)