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AWS for Solutions Architects

You're reading from   AWS for Solutions Architects The definitive guide to AWS Solutions Architecture for migrating to, building, scaling, and succeeding in the cloud

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803238951
Length 692 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Neelanjali Srivastav Neelanjali Srivastav
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Saurabh Shrivastava Saurabh Shrivastava
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Alberto Artasanchez Alberto Artasanchez
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Imtiaz Sayed Imtiaz Sayed
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

AWS for Solutions Architects, Second Edition: Design your cloud infrastructure by implementing DevOps, containers, and Amazon Web Services
1 Understanding AWS Principles and Key Characteristics FREE CHAPTER 2 Understanding AWS Well-Architected Framework and Getting Certified 3 Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation 4 Networking in AWS 5 Storage in AWS – Choosing the Right Tool for the Job 6 Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing 7 Selecting the Right Database Service 8 Best Practices for Application Security, Identity, and Compliance 9 Dive efficiency with Cloud Operation Automation and DevOps in AWS 10 Bigdata and streaming data processing in AWS 11 Datawarehouse, Data Query and Visualization in AWS 12 Machine Learning, IoT, and Blockchain in AWS 13 Containers in AWS 14 Microservice and Event-Driven Architectures 15 Domain-Driven Design 16 Data Lake Patterns – Integrating Your Data across the Enterprise 17 Availability, Reliability, and Scalability Patterns 18 AWS Hands-On Lab and Use Case

Scalability in cloud computing

How do you define "scalability" in an intuitive manner? A resource is said to possess "scalability" if it can handle various tasks that you may throw at it. Let's continue working with our car analogy. Let's say that you had to deliver a package using your car. If the package fits and you can perform the task, you can confidently say that your vehicle could scale to handle the task. What if you need to haul groceries? What if your neighbor needs to haul a mattress? If your car is a pickup truck, you can complete the task, and the truck can scale to handle the task. But as you can see, the "scalability" of your car is about to hit its limit.

In the context of computer science, "scalability" can be used in two ways:

  • An application can continue to function correctly when the volume of users and/or transactions it handles increases. The increased volume is typically handled...
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