A Review Of Microservices-Based Architectures

Authors: Mo Yan

Abstract: Microservices-based architectures have emerged as a modern approach to software design that decomposes complex applications into smaller, independent, and loosely coupled services. This architectural style enhances scalability, flexibility, and maintainability by enabling each service to be developed, deployed, and managed independently. This review explores the fundamental principles of microservices architecture, including service decomposition, decentralized data management, and lightweight communication mechanisms such as RESTful APIs and message queues. It also examines enabling technologies such as containerization, orchestration platforms, and cloud-native environments that support microservices deployment at scale. The study highlights key advantages such as improved fault isolation, faster development cycles, and technology diversity. Additionally, it discusses challenges including service complexity, distributed system management, latency, and data consistency issues. Solutions such as service discovery, API gateways, DevOps practices, and observability tools are also analyzed. The paper further explores real-world applications across industries such as e-commerce, finance, healthcare, and streaming services. The findings emphasize that microservices architecture plays a critical role in enabling scalable, resilient, and agile software systems in modern cloud computing environments.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20283335