Systems Analyst: What is cloud-native architecture?

Cloud-Native — designed for cloud environments from the start.

Principles:

• Microservices.
• Containers.
• Orchestration.
• DevOps.
• CI/CD.

Technologies:

• Containers: Docker.
• Orchestration: Kubernetes.
• Service Mesh: Istio.
• Observability: Prometheus, Jaeger.

Benefits:

• Scalability.
• Resilience.
• Portability.
• Faster deployment.

vs Traditional:

• Traditional: designed for specific hardware.
• Cloud-Native: designed for cloud.