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Scalable Data Architecture with Java

By : Sinchan Banerjee
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Scalable Data Architecture with Java

By: Sinchan Banerjee

Overview of this book

Java architectural patterns and tools help architects to build reliable, scalable, and secure data engineering solutions that collect, manipulate, and publish data. This book will help you make the most of the architecting data solutions available with clear and actionable advice from an expert. You’ll start with an overview of data architecture, exploring responsibilities of a Java data architect, and learning about various data formats, data storage, databases, and data application platforms as well as how to choose them. Next, you’ll understand how to architect a batch and real-time data processing pipeline. You’ll also get to grips with the various Java data processing patterns, before progressing to data security and governance. The later chapters will show you how to publish Data as a Service and how you can architect it. Finally, you’ll focus on how to evaluate and recommend an architecture by developing performance benchmarks, estimations, and various decision metrics. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to successfully orchestrate data architecture solutions using Java and related technologies as well as to evaluate and present the most suitable solution to your clients.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1 – Foundation of Data Systems
5
Section 2 – Building Data Processing Pipelines
11
Section 3 – Enabling Data as a Service
14
Section 4 – Choosing Suitable Data Architecture

Creating an architectural decision matrix

Concerning data engineering, an architectural decision matrix is a tool that helps architects evaluate the different architectural approaches with clarity and objectivity. A decision matrix is a grid that outlines the various desirable criteria for making architectural decisions. This tool helps rank different architectural alternatives, based on the score for each criterion. Decision matrices are used by other decision-making processes. For example, decision matrices are used by business analysts to analyze and evaluate their options.

The decision matrix, also known as the Pugh matrix, decision grid, or grid analysis, can be used for many types of decision-making processes. However, it is best suited for scenarios where we have to choose one option among a group of alternatives. Since we must choose one architecture for the recommendation, it makes sense to use a decision matrix to arrive at a conclusion. Now, let’s discuss a step...