# Scalability Analysis

> The activity of assessing how a system's cost grows as load or input increases.

Record: `lexicon:scalability-analysis`
Kind: activity
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-scalability-analysis

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Responsiveness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/responsiveness.md) and before [Scale-Out](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/scale-out.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Time Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/time-complexity.md)

## Linked from

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