# Why is it hard to scale a database, in layman's terms?

<http://www.quora.com/Database-Systems/Why-is-it-hard-to-scale-a-database-in-layman%E2%80%99s-terms>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Here is an explanation for true laymen, i.e. non-technical people who don't understand databases.

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