Architecture overview
In Chapter 1, The AI Ladder: IBM's Prescriptive Approach, and Chapter 2, Cloud Pak for Data – Brief Introduction, you would have seen why we needed such a platform in the first place. In this section, we will start by exploring what exactly we mean by a data and AI platform in the first place. We will outline the requirements of such a platform and then drill down further into the technical stack that powers Cloud Pak for Data.
Characteristics of the platform
Enterprises need a reliable and modern platform founded on strong cloud-native principles to enable the modernization of their businesses. Let's look at what is expected from such a modern platform in general terms:
- Resiliency: Continuous availability is a key operational requirement in enterprises. Users need to be able to depend on a system that can self-heal and failover seamlessly without needing a system administrator to manually intervene.
- Elasticity: Enterprises expect...