by samsena | Jan 30, 2013 | Amazon Web Services, Cloud Architecture
Introduction A number of cloud hosting providers provide optimized static content delivery services, such as Amazon AWS Cloudfront and Microsoft Windows Azure CDN (Content delivery network). In this article, we will explore the elements of a scalable infrastructure...
by samsena | Jan 12, 2013 | Architecture Samples
Overview The Mailbox Server role primarily serves the purpose of hosting mailbox databases and providing access to the mailboxes contained within. In this post, we will focus on several key elements of Mailbox Server Design: Storage Design: Not only must we plan and...
by samsena | Jan 5, 2013 | Cloud Architecture
Extract So what is homogeneity? Homogeneity refers to keeping things identical or non differentiable from one another on purpose. For example, Cloud Service Providers create homogenous infrastructure on a massive scale by deploying commodity hardware in their...
by samsena | Jan 3, 2013 | Architecture Samples
Overview In this part of the Sample Architecture Series, we will hone in on several elements of the Exchange Solution design, namely a description of the overall Exchange 2013 solution design, followed by some basic system configuration parameters as well as...
by samsena | Jan 3, 2013 | Cloud Architecture
Introduction Deploying applications to the cloud, requires a critical re-think of how applications should be architected and designed to take advantage of the bounty that the cloud has to offer. In many cases, this requires a paradigm shift in how we design the...
