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title: "The scaling challenge | Grafana Labs"
description: "Why manual configuration doesn't scale"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## The scaling challenge

As your fleet grows, manual configuration doesn’t scale.

[The scaling challenge: manual approach vs remote configuration](fleet-management-scaling-challenge.svg "The scaling challenge: manual approach vs remote configuration")

## The math

| Approach          | 5 collectors | 50 collectors | 500 collectors |
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
| **Manual**        | 5 updates    | 50 updates    | 500 updates    |
| **Remote config** | 1 update     | 1 update      | 1 update       |

> **Configure once, deploy everywhere.** One update reaches your entire fleet.