Distributed architecture patterns

There are four different patterns that we can use in our hybrid and multi-cloud distributed architectures. Each of them can be applied to different scenarios, depending on if we finally decided to use hybrid or multi-cloud, and depending on the current and future desired state of our application or service.

There will be a network topology associated with each of them that I will introduce, but you can find more details about each of them in the Further reading section, located at the end of this chapter.

Please remember that these are just patterns, so they may need additional customizations to suit each specific use case, but being aware of them will help us identify which of the available options can be used in a given scenario, and compare them to find the best one.

Now, let’s go through each of the distributed architecture patterns.

Tiered Hybrid

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