Architecture World 4 · Shipped in Containers · Stage 5

Containers That Scale

Two layers on the clock: tasks scale on requests, hosts scale under them, and the second delay is the one that hurts.

  • Service auto scaling
  • Capacity provider managed scaling
  • FARGATE_SPOT
  • Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
  • Rolling deployments
Domain
Core architecture
World
Architecture World 4: Shipped in Containers (Professional)
Game type
Container clock: Set how tasks and nodes scale, then play the morning's load.
Time
About 30 minutes on a first attempt (estimated)
Exam guides
  • SAA-C03Task 2.1: Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures; Task 3.2: Design high-performing and elastic compute solutions; Task 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutions
  • SOA-C03Skill 2.1.1: Configure and manage scaling mechanisms in compute environments
  • SAP-C02Task 2.4: Design a strategy to meet reliability requirements; Task 3.3: Determine a strategy to improve performance
  • DOP-C02Task 3.2: Implement solutions that are scalable to meet business requirements