System Decomposition to Optimize Functionality Distribution in Microservices with Rule Based Approach
Fola-Dami Eyitemi, Stephan Reiff‐Marganiec · 2020
The microservice architecture is an architecture in which a single system is divided into small independently deployed services that are orchestrated together with the use of a lightweight mechanism. Each microservice does not rely much on other microservices (low coupling), but rather on its own resources to perform its task (high cohesion). This paper proposes a novel methodology which decomposes a monolith or other system into microservices in such a way that each microservice will function independently of other microservices while preserving some other key features, with the functionality distribution across each microservice being optimized with regards to usage of the functionality. This methodology makes use of dynamic analysis to identify resources that play a role in enabling the microservice to fulfill its functionality. We establish a set of rules which allows optimized distribution of the functionality. We evaluate the approach by applying it to real systems.