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written by Stefan Christoph
🎯 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀
Last week I attended an outstanding presentation by my colleague Robert Himmelmann on “Cell-based Architectures” – one of the most insightful deep-dives I’ve experienced on advanced resilience patterns.
Rob’s talk abstract perfectly captured the essence: “Cell-based architectures are an advanced resilience pattern. Cells create a bulkhead pattern, limiting the impact of potential failures and using linear scale out at all layers of the architecture. In this presentation you will learn about the fundamentals of cell-based architectures and dive deep on one example. We will finish by discussing advanced patterns to cover diverse use cases.”
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
🛡️ 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗸𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻: Like watertight compartments in ships, cells isolate failures within boundaries – if one cell fails, others continue operating
📈 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲-𝗢𝘂𝘁: Each layer of your architecture can scale independently, eliminating bottlenecks and noisy neighbor problems
🔧 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Goes beyond basic fault tolerance to create truly resilient systems that AWS has used internally for over a decade
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹:
1️⃣ Complete fault isolation between cells 2️⃣ Independent deployment and scaling 3️⃣ Reduced blast radius during incidents
The AWS Well-Architected Framework [2] now includes comprehensive guidance on cell-based architectures, and there’s excellent prescriptive guidance available for implementation.
Rob shared some fantastic resources, including practical implementation examples: [1]
Ready to explore cell-based architectures for your systems?
👉 Check out the GitHub repository above for hands-on examples 👉 Reach out to me if you have questions about implementation strategies or want to discuss how this pattern might fit your architecture 👉 Dive deeper with the Resources below
[1] Well Architected Framework: https://lnkd.in/eBJYjzNX
[2] Code Samples: https://lnkd.in/eEWq3EGq
[3] Guidance: https://lnkd.in/eRi2yxUi
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