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Traditional manual oversight is insufficient for such scale, prompting the company to develop systems that not only provide visibility but also assist operators in decision-making.
Embracing a Microservice Architecture
To handle massive data flows and ensure scalability, the company has transitioned toward a microservice-based approach. This architecture allows various applications and systems to operate independently while sharing data seamlessly.
At the heart of this system is an open-source framework called Kafka, which streams data from multiple sources in real-time. The company custom-built connectors to extract information from different databases and applications, including NoSQL systems like DynamoDB, to accommodate various data types and structures.