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Problem

• App running in the cloud expecting to handle a large number of requests :

  • not handle synchronously, rather handle them asynchronously.

• At peak hours, using a single instance can cause the instance to become flooded with requests.

Solution

• Using multiple instances to make the workload to be load balanced across consumers to prevent an instance to become the bottleneck.

  • Need a message queue to distribute work to instances of a service.

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Competing Consumers In Practice