Designing a data mesh operations center
People from the world of networking infrastructure must be familiar with the Network Operations Center (NOC). It is usually a physical room with screens of dashboards like the one depicted in Figure 11.5:
Figure 11.5 – A network operations center
A NOC is a room where the health of the entire network and infrastructure of an organization is visible. These centers typically run 24/7 for organizations that need 24/7 uptime. With networking technologies and monitoring technologies improving, these centers have reduced in size considerably.
A similar operations center is required for the data mesh. Let’s call it a DMOC, though this is not an official industry term.
The data mesh can become a complex network very quickly. The complexity of the data mesh will depend on the strategy and design decisions made at the beginning, before implementing the data mesh. Some large companies have a strategy to...
