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Scalability in AWS Solution Architecture Design

Emmanuel
3 min readAug 5, 2024

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Introduction

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud computing, the ability to scale applications efficiently and effectively is paramount.

As businesses grow and digital transformation accelerates, ensuring that your applications can handle increasing loads and demands without compromising performance or reliability becomes critical to solution architecture.

In this article, we will explore one of the critical principles of solution architecture design: scalability. Specifically, we will delve into how you can make your architecture scalable on AWS, leveraging some of the most essential services AWS offers.

Whether you are a seasoned architect or just starting your journey into cloud solutions, this guide will provide valuable insights and practical tips for building scalable, resilient, high-performing applications.

Elastic Load Balancer 🌐

An Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses. This distribution is crucial for ensuring that no single instance bears too much load, which could lead to performance degradation or failure. By routing traffic efficiently, ELB helps maintain the availability and…

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Emmanuel
Emmanuel

Written by Emmanuel

Certified Cloud Solutions Architect passionate about Cloud & DevOps, Technology Evangelism, Pastoral Ministry, Educator and Mentor, and World Travel.

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