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Solutions Architect's Handbook

By : Saurabh Shrivastava, Neelanjali Srivastav
Book Image

Solutions Architect's Handbook

By: Saurabh Shrivastava, Neelanjali Srivastav

Overview of this book

Becoming a solutions architect gives you the flexibility to work with cutting-edge technologies and define product strategies. This handbook takes you through the essential concepts, design principles and patterns, architectural considerations, and all the latest technology that you need to know to become a successful solutions architect. This book starts with a quick introduction to the fundamentals of solution architecture design principles and attributes that will assist you in understanding how solution architecture benefits software projects across enterprises. You'll learn what a cloud migration and application modernization framework looks like, and will use microservices, event-driven, cache-based, and serverless patterns to design robust architectures. You'll then explore the main pillars of architecture design, including performance, scalability, cost optimization, security, operational excellence, and DevOps. Additionally, you'll also learn advanced concepts relating to big data, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Finally, you'll get to grips with the documentation of architecture design and the soft skills that are necessary to become a better solutions architect. By the end of this book, you'll have learned techniques to create an efficient architecture design that meets your business requirements.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Choosing the database

Oftentimes, you will want to standardize a common platform and use a database for ease of management; however, you should consider using a different type of database solution as per your data requirement. Selecting the incorrect database solution can impact system latency and performance. The choice of database can vary based on your application's requirements for availability, scalability, data structure, throughput, and durability. There are multiple factors to consider when choosing to use a database—for example, the access pattern can significantly impact the selection of database technology. You should optimize your database based on the access pattern.

Databases generally have a configuration option for workload optimization. You should consider the configuration for memory, cache, storage optimization, and so on. You should also explore the operational aspect of database technologies in terms of scalability, backup, recovery, and maintenance. Let...