Distributed Patterns

Purpose

Evaluate distributed system design decisions and recommend appropriate patterns for consistency, availability, partition tolerance, and failure handling. Ensure designs account for the fundamental constraints of distributed computing.

Scope Constraints

Analyzes architecture documents, system diagrams, and code for distributed system patterns. Does not modify files or execute code. Does not benchmark or load-test distributed systems.

Inputs

• System architecture overview (services, data stores, communication patterns)
• Consistency requirements (strong, eventual, causal)
• Availability and latency SLAs
• Expected failure modes and partition scenarios
• Current distributed patterns in use, if any

Input Sanitization