Solum/Workloads

Solum Workload Types

Solum is designed to be able to accommodate a variety of different application workload types. Although web applications are common, other workload types should also be supported, including:

Workload	Description	Examples
Web Application	Load balanced pools of application servers that may share a common database service.	3-tier web applications REST API Service Mobile app backend
Batch Processes	A group of worker nodes that process work from a common queue service, and may store output in a filesystem.	Video transcoding service Document format conversion Scientific Experiments
Distributed System	A group of similar app nodes that are connected with a peer-to-peer network protocol for relaying state data.	Distributed storage systems Massively multi-player games Distributed caches