July 2018
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
8h 47m
English
What is cold start?
Cold start = time it takes to boot a computer system
What is cold start in FaaS?
When you execute a cold (inactive) function for the first time a cold start occurs. The cold start time is when the cloud provider provisions the required runtime containers, downloads your code for the functions, and then runs your functions. This increases the execution time of the function considerably, as it may take more time to provision certain runtimes before your function gets executed. The converse of this is when your function is hot (active), which means that the container with your code required to execute the function stays alive, ready and awaiting for execution. If your function is running, it is ...
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