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Advanced Serverless Architectures with Microsoft Azure

You're reading from   Advanced Serverless Architectures with Microsoft Azure Design complex serverless systems quickly with the scalability and benefits of Azure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788479127
Length 278 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Caching


The practice of storing previously requested data in a small, high-speed data layer and returning it, instead of requesting the data again, is called caching. Caching is a vast and complex topic, so this book will focus on the cheapest wins for your application rather than attempting to cover everything.

Caching both reduces replicated demand for compute and speeds up applications. It is also very useful for reducing serverless backpressure in two ways: first, by reducing the number of requests that hit the backend and second, by reducing the number of requests that hit "weak" resources.

Client-side caching is the easiest way to have an immediate impact on the number of requests you see per second, and also the easiest to understand in terms of requirements. It also immediately improves the performance of your application for your end users, as they receive data much faster. However, client-side caching is frequently done badly or not at all. Serverless has a great way of highlighting...

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