Essential Points
Architecture is a set of structuring principles that enables a system to be comprised of a set of simpler systems each with its own local context that is independent of but not inconsistent with the context of the larger system as a whole. [3]
[3] Sun Microsystems, Inc.
The role of the architect is to make designer and developers productive as quickly as possible.
Creating an architecture to address the service-level requirements will help you to avoid that “CNN” moment.
Scalability is the ability to support the required quality of service as the system load increases without changing the system.
Reliability ensures the integrity and consistency of the application and all of its transactions.
Availability ensures that a service/resource ...
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