Reliability in the AWS Well-Architected Framework
3 minute read | Last updated 2-Aug-2022 | 
AWS Cloud
Reliability is one of the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. The framework describes the principles and techniques required to make informed trade-offs when you’re building in the AWS Cloud.
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This Twitter thread dives deeper into the Reliability pillar of the framework…
this pillar is all about making sure that your systems work CONSISTENTLY and RECOVER quickly
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yesterday’s thread on the Cost Optimization Pillar is up at https://markn.ca/2021/cost-optimization-in-the-aws-well-architected-framework/
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simply: systems shouldn’t fail & if they do, recover quickly & automatically
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- limits == know them, stay within them
- networking == topology, bandiwdth, & latency will impact a lot of things
- availability == your solution should be ready for business use almost all of the time
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if you haven’t already, watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt-gV1YwmnI&feature=youtu.be
(even if you have, it’s worth a re-watch)
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- recover from issues automatically
- scale horizontally first for resiliency
- redule idle resources
- manage change through automation
- recover from issues automatically
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that would be great but happens. being able to recover automatically will do a lot more for your customers than trying to make everything 100% available
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remember, the Framework teaches you to balance the concerns of the five pillars to find the right fit for your solution…and that balance will change regularly
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