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Serverless Computing Overview

Serverless computing is a cloud model where the provider manages server allocation, allowing developers to focus on writing code without infrastructure concerns. Key features include no server management, pay-per-use pricing, auto-scaling, and event-driven execution. While it offers benefits like reduced operational overhead and faster deployment, challenges include cold starts, vendor lock-in, and complex monitoring.

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Serverless Computing Overview

Serverless computing is a cloud model where the provider manages server allocation, allowing developers to focus on writing code without infrastructure concerns. Key features include no server management, pay-per-use pricing, auto-scaling, and event-driven execution. While it offers benefits like reduced operational overhead and faster deployment, challenges include cold starts, vendor lock-in, and complex monitoring.

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Serverless Computing Overview

What is Serverless Computing?


Serverless computing is a cloud computing execution model where the cloud
provider dynamically manages the allocation and provisioning of servers.
Despite the name, servers still exist—but developers don’t have to manage
them. You simply write code as small units (functions), deploy them, and
the cloud provider handles:
• Server provisioning
• Scaling (up or down)
• Maintenance and availability

Key Characteristics
• No server management – You don’t worry about infrastructure.
• Pay-per-use – You are charged only for the actual execution time and
resources consumed, not for idle capacity.
• Auto-scaling – Your code scales automatically based on demand.
• Event-driven – Functions run in response to triggers like HTTP re-
quests, database updates, or message queues.

Popular Serverless Platforms


• AWS Lambda
• Azure Functions
• Google Cloud Functions
• IBM Cloud Functions

Benefits
• Reduced operational overhead – No infrastructure management.
• Cost efficiency – Pay only when your code runs.
• Faster time-to-market – Focus on code and business logic.
• Automatic scalability – Handles spikes in traffic seamlessly.

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Challenges
• Cold starts – Initial delay when a function is invoked after being idle.
• Vendor lock-in – Platform-specific services make migration harder.
• Limited execution time – Functions often have a max runtime (e.g., 15
mins on AWS Lambda).
• Complex monitoring – Harder to debug and trace compared to tradi-
tional architectures.

Use Cases
• API backends
• Real-time file processing (e.g., image resize)
• IoT event handling
• Chatbots and notifications
• Scheduled tasks and cron jobs

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