Infrastructure cost comparison of running web applications in the cloud using AWS lambda and monolithic and microservice architectures

Mario Villamizar; Oscar Garces; Lina Ochoa; Harold Castro; Lorena Salamanca; Mauricio Verano; Rubby Casallas; Santiago Gil; Carlos Valencia; Angee Zambrano; Mery Lang

doi:10.1109/CCGrid.2016.37

Infrastructure cost comparison of running web applications in the cloud using AWS lambda and monolithic and microservice architectures

Mario Villamizar, Oscar Garces, Lina Ochoa, Harold Castro, Lorena Salamanca, Mauricio Verano, Rubby Casallas, Santiago Gil, Carlos Valencia, Angee Zambrano, Mery Lang

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Abstract

Large Internet companies like Amazon, Netflix, and LinkedIn are using\nthe microservice architecture pattern to deploy large applications in\nthe cloud as a set of small services that can be developed, tested,\ndeployed, scaled, operated and upgraded independently. However, aside\nfrom gaining agility, independent development, and scalability,\ninfrastructure costs are a major concern for companies adopting this\npattern. This paper presents a cost comparison of a web application\ndeveloped and deployed using the same scalable scenarios with three\ndifferent approaches: 1) a monolithic architecture, 2) a microservice\narchitecture operated by the cloud customer, and 3) a microservice\narchitecture operated by the cloud provider. Test results show that\nmicroservices can help reduce infrastructure costs in comparison to\nstandard monolithic architectures. Moreover, the use of services\nspecifically designed to deploy and scale microservices reduces\ninfrastructure costs by 70% or more. Lastly, we also describe the\nchallenges we faced while implementing and deploying microservice\napplications.(1)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2016 16th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing, CCGrid 2016
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	179-182
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-2453-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-2454-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGrid.2016.37
Publication status	Published - 18 Jul 2016
Event	16th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid), May 16-19, 2016, Cartagena, Colombia - Cartagena, Colombia Duration: 16 May 2016 → 19 May 2016

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Conference	16th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid), May 16-19, 2016, Cartagena, Colombia
Abbreviated title	CCGrid 2016
Country/Territory	Colombia
City	Cartagena
Period	16/05/16 → 19/05/16

Keywords

AWS Lambda
Amazon Web Services
cloud computing
microservice architecture
microservices
scalable applications
service oriented architectures
software architecture
software engineering

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Villamizar, M., Garces, O., Ochoa, L., Castro, H., Salamanca, L., Verano, M., Casallas, R., Gil, S., Valencia, C., Zambrano, A., & Lang, M. (2016). Infrastructure cost comparison of running web applications in the cloud using AWS lambda and monolithic and microservice architectures. In Proceedings - 2016 16th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing, CCGrid 2016 (pp. 179-182). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGrid.2016.37

Villamizar, Mario ; Garces, Oscar ; Ochoa, Lina et al. / Infrastructure cost comparison of running web applications in the cloud using AWS lambda and monolithic and microservice architectures. Proceedings - 2016 16th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing, CCGrid 2016. Piscataway : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016. pp. 179-182

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