Data Ownership per Service — Roadmap Step & Resources
Database-per-service, avoiding shared databases and the challenges that creates
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Architecture
Before this step
Interview questions
- Why is a shared database between microservices considered an anti-pattern?
Study resources
- Pattern: Database per Service (Article) — Chris Richardson's microservices.io pattern catalog entry on data ownership per service.
- Database per Service Explained (Video) — Covers why shared databases between microservices are considered an anti-pattern.
Part of
- Service-Oriented & Microservices Architecture — section
- System Architecture roadmap — the full learning path