Interconnect Layer
Learn about interconnect layer schema, solutions at different scales of organization and problems with reconfigurations.
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Interconnect layer
In the previous chapter, we looked at instances running on machines. But really, who is interested in a single instance running by itself? A standalone process might as well be on a desert island. We need to connect them together into a system. This chapter continues our iterative zoom-out to look at how the instances work together and find each other, as well as how callers invoke them. It’s time to look at the interconnect layer from our schematic (shown in the following figure).
Schema Layers
Operations Security, availability, capacity, status, communication |
Control Plane System monitoring, deployment, anomaly detection, features |
Interconnect Routing, load balancing, failover, traffic management |
Instances Services, processes, components, instance monitoring |
Foundation Hardware, VMs, IP addresses, physical network |
The interconnect layer covers all the mechanisms that knit a bunch of instances together into a cohesive system. That includes traffic management, load balancing, and discovery. The interconnect layer is ...