Scalability! But at what COST?

Scalability! But at what COST? - McSherry et al. 2015 With thanks to Felix Cuadrado, @felixcuadrado, for pointing this paper out to me via twitter. Scalability is highly prized, yet it can be a misleading metric when studied in isolation. McSherry et al. study the COST of distributed systems: the Configuration that Outperforms a Single ... Continue Reading