# Horizontal Scaling / Distributed Coordination

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

Record: `tension:distributed-coordination-horizontal-scaling`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-distributed-coordination-horizontal-scaling

## tensions-with

- [Horizontal Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/horizontal-scaling.md)
- [Distributed Coordination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/distributed-coordination.md)