Well-architected frameworks and their pillars
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In this lesson
explain the pillars and what each one asks of a design.
Planned topics
- A well-architected framework is a structured set of questions and good practices for judging a design.
- Operational excellence: running, monitoring, and improving the system through automation and learning.
- Security: protecting data and systems, identity, detection, and response.
- Reliability: recovering from failure and meeting availability targets.
- Performance efficiency: using resources well as demand changes.
- Cost optimization: delivering value at the lowest sensible cost.
- Sustainability: reducing the environmental impact of the workload.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a six-box grid with one Larkspur question per pillar (for example reliability: "what happens to checkout if one zone fails?").
Check your understanding
Which pillar covers recovering from failure?
Show answer
Reliability.
Practice
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