# Vertical Scaling / Cost/Limit

> "vertical-scaling" (performance-core layer) is traded against "Cost/Limit" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Cost/Limit" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:cost-limit-vertical-scaling`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-cost-limit-vertical-scaling

## tensions-with

- [Vertical Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/vertical-scaling.md)
- [Cost/Limit](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/cost-limit.md)