What is Elasticity (in contrast to Scalability)?

Technology CommunityCategory: Software ArchitectureWhat is Elasticity (in contrast to Scalability)?
VietMX Staff asked 3 years ago

Elasticity means that the throughput of a system scales up or down automatically to meet varying demand as resource is proportionally added or removed. The system needs to be scalable to allow it to benefit from the dynamic addition, or removal, of resources at runtime. Elasticity therefore builds upon scalability and expands on it by adding the notion of automatic resource management.