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Monolithic
Single ball of code
Deploy it as a single entity
It contains all the code related to UI, Logic, Data access
Easy to deploy and maintain
As your application grows it can become a big fat elephant
Distributed
Split your single application into several independently running pieces
Computation is spread out in different applications
Making changes and introducing new features becomes easier. Effective for frequently
changing business needs
Multiple points of failure
Need to have a proper infrastructure, devops strategy in place
Different ways of communicating with other applications
FileSystem, DB, Synchronous(Direct) and Asynchronous(Messaging)