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Performance Evaluation of Microservices Featuring Different Implementation Patterns

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Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2021)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ((LNNS,volume 418))

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Abstract

The process of migrating from a monolithic to a microservices based architecture is currently described as a form of modernizing applications. The core principles of microservices, which mostly reside in achieving loose coupling between the services, highly depend on the implementation approaches used. Being microservices a complete change of paradigm that contrasts with the traditional way of developing software, the current lack of established principles often results in implementations that conflict with its alleged benefits. Given its distributed nature, performance is affected, but specific implementation patterns can further impact it. This paper aims to address the impact that microservices-based solutions, featuring different implementation patterns, have on performance and how it compares with monolithic applications. To do so, benchmarks are conducted over one application developed following a traditional monolithic approach, and two equivalent microservices-based implementations featuring distinct inter-service communication mechanisms and data management methodologies.

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    https://jmeter.apache.org/.

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    https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/specifications/.

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    https://microservices.io/patterns/data/saga.html.

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    https://www.rabbitmq.com/.

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    https://microservices.io/patterns/data/cqrs.html.

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Acknowledgments

This work is financed by National Funds through the Portuguese funding agency, FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, within project UIDB/50014/2020.

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  1. University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Leandro Costa & António Nestor Ribeiro

  2. Department of Informatics, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    António Nestor Ribeiro

  3. HASLab/INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal

    Leandro Costa & António Nestor Ribeiro

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  1. Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Auburn, WA, USA

    Ajith Abraham

  2. Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Auburn, WA, USA

    Niketa Gandhi

  3. Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Olten, Switzerland

    Thomas Hanne

  4. Department of Computer Science and information Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Tzung-Pei Hong

  5. Federal University of Bahia, Ondina, Brazil

    Tatiane Nogueira Rios

  6. Nantong University, Nantong Shi, Jiangsu, China

    Weiping Ding

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Costa, L., Ribeiro, A.N. (2022). Performance Evaluation of Microservices Featuring Different Implementation Patterns. In: Abraham, A., Gandhi, N., Hanne, T., Hong, TP., Nogueira Rios, T., Ding, W. (eds) Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. ISDA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 418. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96308-8_15

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