# Independent Scaling

> The degree to which a single deployable unit prevents scaling parts of the system independently.

Record: `lexicon:independent-scaling`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-independent-scaling

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Feature Cohesion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/feature-cohesion.md) and before [Initial Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/initial-complexity.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Monolith Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/monolith-architecture.md)
- [Monolith Architecture / Independent Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/independent-scaling-monolith-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)
- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-quality-attributes.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)