Cloud Architecture Patterns

Preface; Audience; Why This Book Exists; Assumptions This Book Makes; Contents of This Book; Building Page of Photos on Windows Azure; Terminology; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Scalability Primer; 1.1 Scalability Defined; 1.2 Resource Contention Limits Scalability; 1.3 Scalability is a Business Concern; 1.4 The Cloud-Native Application; 1.5 Summary; Chapter 2: Horizontally Scaling Compute Pattern; 2.1 Context; 2.2 Impact; 2.3 Mechanics; 2.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 2.5 Summary; Chapter 3: Queue-Centric Workflow Pattern; 3.1 Context; 3.2 Impact; 3.3 Mechanics; 3.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 3.5 Summary; Chapter 4: Auto-Scaling Pattern; 4.1 Context; 4.2 Impact; 4.3 Mechanics; 4.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 4.5 Summary; Chapter 5: Eventual Consistency Primer; 5.1 CAP Theorem and Eventual Consistency; 5.2 Eventual Consistency Examples; 5.3 Relational ACID and NoSQL BASE; 5.4 Impact of Eventual Consistency on Application Logic; 5.5 Summary; Chapter 6: MapReduce Pattern; 6.1 Context; 6.2 Impact; 6.3 Mechanics; 6.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 6.5 Summary; Chapter 7: Database Sharding Pattern; 7.1 Context; 7.2 Impact; 7.3 Mechanics; 7.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 7.5 Summary; Chapter 8: Multitenancy and Commodity Hardware Primer; 8.1 Multitenancy; 8.2 Commodity Hardware; 8.3 Summary; Chapter 9: Busy Signal Pattern; 9.1 Context; 9.2 Impact; 9.3 Mechanics; 9.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 9.5 Summary; Chapter 10: Node Failure Pattern; 10.1 Context; 10.2 Impact; 10.3 Mechanics; 10.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 10.5 Summary; Chapter 11: Network Latency Primer; 11.1 Network Latency Challenges; 11.2 Reducing Perceived Network Latency; 11.3 Reducing Network Latency; 11.4 Summary; Chapter 12: Colocate Pattern; 12.1 Context; 12.2 Impact; 12.3 Mechanics; 12.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 12.5 Summary; Chapter 13: Valet Key Pattern; 13.1 Context; 13.2 Impact; 13.3 Mechanics; 13.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 13.5 Summary; Chapter 14: CDN Pattern; 14.1 Context; 14.2 Impact; 14.3 Mechanics; 14.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 14.5 Summary; Chapter 15: Multisite Deployment Pattern; 15.1 Context; 15.2 Impact; 15.3 Mechanics; 15.4 Example: Building PoP on Windows Azure; 15.5 Summary; Further Reading; Page of Photos (PoP) Sample; Resources From Preface and Chapters;