Practice Scalability (1.2.1) - Chapter 1: Advanced IoT Architecture and Design Principles

Practice: Scalability

Lesson 1.2.1Advanced IoT Architecture and Design Principles

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Question 1.
Define scalability in your own words.
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Think about how a system could manage more requests.
Question 2.
What is distributed computing?
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Consider where data processing happens in IoT.
3Question 3.
What is scalability in IoT systems?
- The ability to restrict the number of devices
- The ability to maintain performance while increasing the number of devices
- The ability to do nothing when devices fail
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Think about how systems can adapt to growth.
4Question 4.
True or False: Load balancing is necessary only for large systems.
- True
- False
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Consider smaller systems too!
Question 5.
Design a scalable architecture for an IoT healthcare monitoring system that ensures reliability even during peak usage.
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Consider both hardware and software aspects for scalability.
Question 6.
Discuss potential drawbacks of not implementing scalability in an IoT system.
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Think about user expectations during peak load and how they might be affected.

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