System Design Concepts- 1

Why System Design Matters for DevOps 1. Distributed Systems A distributed system splits workloads across multiple machines. Instead of one powerful server doing everything, many smaller services collaborate — each handling a piece of the work. Why it matters: No single point of failure. If one node goes down, others keep running. This is the foundation of all modern cloud architecture. 2. Monolith vs Microservices MONOLITH MICROSERVICES ┌──────────────────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ │ │ │ Cart │