Which technique do you prefer to achieve "unlimited" scalability of your DBMS ?

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62.245.133.8Scaling Up (Adding CPU, Mem, I/O to a single big SMP box)
80.187.19.53Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
124.82.224.29Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
200.57.154.106Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
79.233.144.247Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
93.97.235.133Scaling Up (Adding CPU, Mem, I/O to a single big SMP box)
194.127.8.17Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
62.2.183.246Using Virtualization Technology
80.187.14.162Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
20.139.226.71Scaling Up (Adding CPU, Mem, I/O to a single big SMP box)
79.233.144.188Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
93.187.97.211Scaling Up (Adding CPU, Mem, I/O to a single big SMP box)
193.31.8.38Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
61.95.89.51Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
80.187.131.171Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
194.127.8.20Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
74.107.82.32Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
91.35.227.240Using Virtualization Technology
173.15.87.33Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)
218.111.12.251Scaling Out (Building a cluster of IDS nodes on cost efficient Intel/AMD based hardware)