"Advanced" Strategy for i in `seq 1 $NUM_EXECUTIONS`; do echo "[$i] Executing $AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME..." aws lambda invoke ... done https://gist.github.com/smithclay/e89dfe35fe2a4938db56bb12df76777c
Multiple containers running on a single host to serve parallel requests Tracking /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id and hostname Confirmed: cold start happens on container init.
So is this just a container PaaS? High-availability/multiple zones Elastic fleet of compute-optimized VMs A very good scheduling algorithm Design (freezing, limits, etc) for very fast invocation Only if your PaaS has...
FaaS in Production Reality λ λ Dev Prod Orchestration (!?) Version/Deploy Monitoring Security Cold Start Mgmt The "learning cliff" Great tweet from @mfdii
FaaS Isn't a Silver Bullet "I've got a fast, computationally-intensive task that I need to perform occasionally in response to a well-defined event that isn't that sensitive to latency." —The Ideal FaaS Developer // TO DO: measure && share results