April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
360 pages
9h 17m
English
An elastic system has the ability to upscale and downscale based on system needs. An example of this might be when an eCommerce site needs additional servers, gateways, and other system components to react to an exponential increase in site visits during a holiday season.
It is important to highlight that the elasticity of a system includes the ability to both upscale and downscale system resources. Depending on the system used, this elasticity can be controlled using predictive analysis and specialized algorithms to detect when specific system components reach specific high and low levels.
We will highlight the elastic nature of the reactive design patterns featured in this chapter.
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