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How does Rails handle horizontal scaling challenges?
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
Rails scales horizontally using stateless design, load balancers, and shared storage.
Deep explanation
Horizontal scaling requires stateless app servers. Sessions are stored in Redis or cookies, assets in CDNs, and DB accessed via pooling/replication.
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