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Recommended Architecture

Compute

Serverless (Lambda)

Pay-per-invocation, auto-scales, cold start latency

Latency: 40/100Cost: 90/100Reliability: 80/100

Alternatives:

Containers (ECS/K8s)— Pre-warmed, consistent latency, moderate cost

Bare Metal / EC2— Lowest latency, highest cost, manual failover

Database

NoSQL (DynamoDB)

Single-digit ms, unlimited scale, limited query patterns

Latency: 90/100Cost: 45/100Reliability: 95/100

Alternatives:

Serverless SQL (Aurora Serverless)— Auto-scales to zero, higher per-query cost

Managed SQL (RDS)— Familiar SQL, automatic backups, read replicas

Caching

CDN Edge Cache

Global distribution, best for static/semi-static data

Latency: 95/100Cost: 60/100Reliability: 85/100

Alternatives:

Redis (ElastiCache)— Sub-ms reads, cache invalidation complexity

No Cache— Simple, no stale data, higher DB load

Messaging

Synchronous (HTTP)

Simple, direct calls, cascading failures risk

Latency: 80/100Cost: 90/100Reliability: 50/100

Alternatives:

Queue (SQS)— Decoupled, retry built-in, eventual consistency

Event Stream (Kafka)— Replay, ordering, exactly-once, operational cost

Deployment

Multi-Region Active-Active

Global low latency, highest cost and complexity

Latency: 95/100Cost: 20/100Reliability: 95/100

Alternatives:

Multi-AZ— Balanced availability within one region

Single Region— Low cost, acceptable latency for regional users

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