O'Reilly: Architecting for Scale
In this O'Reilly guide written by a distributed systems expert, learn how to build apps that scale to handle unpredictable traffic with zero downtime for customers.
Architect your apps for scale, uptime, and the unexpected
In this practical guide written by a distributed systems expert, learn how to build apps that scale to handle unpredictable traffic with zero downtime for customers. In this book excerpt you will learn:
- How scaling affects the availability of your services
- Principles of service-based application architecture and their role in reducing service failures and brownouts
- Common design patterns for managing
- How to understand, measure, and mitigate risk in your systems
- When and how to move to cloud infrastructure
About the Ebook
The second edition of Architecting for Scale provides a pragmatic approach for building systems that can handle huge amounts of traffic, data, and demand. It includes a focus on modern architecture paradigms including microservices, service-based applications, and practical guidance for evaluating and moving towards cloud-based infrastructure.