| GreenIT | V2 | V3 | V4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 52 | 14 |
| Life cycle | Tiers | Responsible |
|---|---|---|
| 2. Design | Datacenter | Architect / Developer |
| Priority | Implementation difficulty | Ecological impact |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ressources saved |
|---|
| Processor / RAM / Disk space |
The modular architecture (popularized by open-source software) often brings a greater scalability, reduces maintenance costs and a more efficient code.
If the functional coverage of the website or web service can evolve, it is interesting to implement the basic features in a core application than can be extended with plugins. Those plugins can be developed independently and shared between applications.
This approach can be used at all levels, for a custom solution, or for the choice of an HTTP server or a CMS..
Popular open-source software, largely used on the web like NGINX, Apache, MySQL or PHP, use a modular architecture.
The microservice architecture allow some level of modularity, but be careful on how the concerns are spread among the components and how they interact: added complexity, network calls, and other unintended negative consequences can increase resources consumption.
| The number of ... | is equal to or less than |
|---|---|
| Non modular architectures | 0 |