Is Microsoft SQL Server scalable?

How can you tell SQL Server is highly scalable?

Horizontal Database Scalability1Data is fully replicated across all nodes. One primary copy accepts changes, and multiple active replicas are typically read-only, as in the SQL Server AlwaysOn Readable Secondaries or Replication features. ... 2Read and write operations are distributed across a number of nodes.Understanding Database Scalability - Vertical and Horizontal

What is scaling in SQL Server?

Scale is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in a number. For example, the number 123.45 has a precision of 5 and a scale of 2. In SQL Server, the default maximum precision of numeric and decimal data types is 38.

Can SQL scale out?

Read queries on replicas - Azure SQL Database Azure SQL provides the ability to use the capacity of read-only replicas for read workloads, called Read Scale-Out.

Which databases are scalable?

Why are NoSQL databases more scalable than RDBMS databases? NoSQL databases are usually built by design for a distributed database environment, allowing them to take advantage of more availability and partition networking built-in solutions, which sometimes comes as a tradeoff for consistency.