Scaling Guide¶

Version: Arctyk ITSM v0.6.0+
Last Updated: January 2026

Guidelines for scaling Arctyk ITSM as usage grows.

Horizontal Scaling¶

Web Layer¶

Add more Gunicorn workers behind a load balancer.

Database Layer¶

Set up read replicas for query-heavy workloads.

Worker Layer¶

Add more Celery workers for background tasks.

Vertical Scaling¶

Increase server resources:

• CPU cores
• RAM
• Disk I/O

Caching Strategy¶

• Redis for session storage
• Database query caching
• Template fragment caching