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Tactic: Reuse software services
Tactic sort:
Awesome Tactic
Type: Architectural Tactic
Category: resource-allocation
Tags:
services
Title
Reuse software services
Description
Using services from AWS instead of implementing all functionalities from scratch is often more cost-efficient. The cloud-native software services are developed by specialists and native to the infrastructure. It is difficult to assess whether reusing AWS services has a positive effect on the energy efficiency of the workload. This is partly due to the lack of transparency of AWS native services concerning their energy consumption. Moreover, AWS services are versatile and potential effects on energy efficiency should be assessed per case. A potential positive effect on energy efficiency is the fact that the service might be more specialized and native to the architecture which causes less overhead. On the other hand, a service-driven design also introduces overhead due to communication mechanisms and orchestrators. Furthermore, it should be noted that there are also commercial incentives for offering AWS services at competitive prices.
Participant
Cloud consumer
Related software artifact
Reusable software services
Context
Public cloud
Software feature
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Tactic intent
Reusing existing software services instead of implementing similar functionality from scratch
Target quality attribute
Cost-efficiency
Other related quality attributes
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Measured impact
< unknown >
Source
Master Thesis “Architectural Tactics to Optimize Software for Energy Efficiency in the Public Cloud” by Sophie VosGraphical representation
