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Scalability of software-designed storage refers to the ability of a storage system to efficiently and effectively handle an increasing amount of data and user requests as the system grows in size and complexity. In other words, scalability is the ability of a storage system to maintain its performance and functionality as it handles larger and more demanding workloads.Software-designed storage is a storage architecture that utilizes software-defined techniques to manage and orchestrate the storage resources in a flexible and agile way. This approach enables organizations to create a storage infrastructure that can easily adapt to changing business needs and requirements.Scalability in software-designed storage can be achieved through a variety of techniques, including:Horizontal scaling: Adding more nodes or servers to the storage cluster to increase storage capacity and throughput.Vertical scaling: Upgrading the hardware resources of the existing storage nodes to increase their capacity and performance.Data tiering: Moving less frequently accessed data to slower, cheaper storage tiers to free up faster, more expensive storage for frequently accessed data.Load balancing: Distributing the workload across multiple storage nodes to ensure that no single node is overwhelmed with requests.Elasticity: Automatically scaling the storage infrastructure up or down based on changes in demand, such as adding more nodes during peak traffic periods and reducing the number of nodes during periods of lower demand.By implementing these techniques, software-designed storage can provide organizations with a highly scalable and flexible storage infrastructure that can easily grow and adapt to changing business needs.