Achieving cloud scale and maximizing performance

Here, we will look at how to achieve cloud scale and maximize performance once you have migrated your workload to Azure. We will start by looking at Azure scale and how autoscaling can help achieve this goal. We will then discuss the options available for compute and storage performance optimization.

Azure autoscaling

Autoscaling enables a system to adjust the resources required to meet the varying demand from users while controlling the costs associated with these resources. You can use autoscaling with many Azure services, such as Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets. Autoscaling requires you to configure autoscale rules that specify the conditions under which resources should be added or removed.

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