Processes & Grains: A Journey in Orleans

A popular way to model the world and manage a long-running state in Erlang and Elixir programs is by using dedicated processes. While this approach is well understood, it can create runtime complexity which must be managed appropriately. Delete your orchestration code today by adopting a simpler way to cluster and distribute work.

OBJECTIVES

• Introduce concepts within the Orleans framework with existing Erlang/OTP foundation in mind

• Review community goals with clustering and workload management

• Review existing and new library implementations

• Discuss approaches to adopt the new way of workload orchestration

AUDIENCE

You should attend this session if:

• You are responsible for developing and maintaining custom applications that model a large number of concurrently active entities

• You have adopted Erlang/OTP clustering, but find the implementation cumbersome to maintain

• You would like to make your application more scalable and fault-tolerant

• You like to minimise effort and achieve the desired qualities with as little code as possible

For maximum enjoyment, you should:

• Know how to create and maintain applications in Erlang and/or Elixir

• Have a good understanding of the problem domain (interactive & data-intensive Web applications)