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How to Scale MCP Servers Horizontally

Horizontal scaling strategies for MCP servers in production.

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Horizontal scaling adds more server instances to handle increased load.

Scaling Architecture

Deploy multiple MCP server instances behind a load balancer. Use sticky sessions for stateful operations.

Considerations

  • Shared state management across instances
  • Database connection limits
  • Consistent authentication across instances
  • Load balancing algorithm selection

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