Architecting for Scale: How to Maintain High Availability and Manage Risk in the Cloud

Every day, companies struggle to scale critical applications.

As traffic volume and data demands increase, these applications become more complicated and brittle, exposing risks and compromising availability.

With the popularity of software as a service, scaling has never been more important.

Updated with an expanded focus on modern architecture paradigms such as microservices and cloud computing, this practical guide provides techniques for building systems that can handle huge quantities of traffic, data, and demand―without affecting the quality your customers expect.