In the Internet marketplace, various software services, such as website, game services, live broadcast platforms, YouTube, Email services ..., can be called SaaS (Software as a Service). In addition, any software is composed of several hardware and resources, called IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service); they include:

• Computing : Server
• Storage : Database, Object Storage
• Security : Firewall
• Network : Router, Switch

How to properly combine these resources, which are hundreds, even thousands of hardware, as a stable operation in software service? It is precisely the central purpose of architecture design.
In other words, software services are made up of multiple resources, similar to the process in completed toy building blocks. Architecture design aims to figure out the most effective way for combining several building blocks into a solid construction. A high-quality architecture design leads these resources well connected, which would offer the best benefits.

A good architecture design provides developers with faster and cost-effectively software, which are common reasons to begin architecture design. In addition, architecture design is also used for information security.

For example：

During the Double 11 event, the e-commerce platform needs to estimate whether their website service could handle millions of loads at the same time?

In such a scenario, architecture design is crucial. If the platform only uses a server to distribute high traffic, it is conceivable that the server will instantly be unable to handle it, causing business losses.

In such a scenario, we could use the Load Balancer for distributing incoming traffic in front of servers, Health Check and Auto Scaling (automatic expansion) for monitoring applications, and adjusting capacity to maintain steady performance. Then, with the master-slave database for recording transaction data without interruptions during the period of the Double 11 event.

How does the Architectural Design process work?

1. Before starting the project :

It is an excellent time for starting architecture design. You can review the project’s overall structure and examine what infrastructure resources you might need while operating the project.

2. Before launching the project :

Having a stress test is vital in this stage. You can review the architecture design again to make sure the overall structure could support the loading capacity in the stress test.

3. After releasing the project :

You might find some flaws that have not been evaluated before. In this stage, you could slightly adjust the architecture design to make the project perfect.

HigherCloud has many professional experts who have experienced knowledge of multi-cloud integration. We can assist companies in evaluating the project with well architecture design in any scenario to maintain stable service when products are released.

The process is as follows :

We could examine the project repeatedly depends on its current implementation status. Let HigherCloud help you eliminate unnecessary workload and heavy building infrastructure plans. We enable you to focus on the project itself and get more excellent value in your business.