Scalable by Design: The “Orleans” Actor Framework for Azure @JohnAzariah @ReubenBond DPP303

Agenda The Problem Domain The Actor Model The Orleans Framework Demos Hello, Grains! Pass The Parcel Observe Closely Putting It All Together Wrap Up

The Problem Scalable Load Errors Responsive Latency Performance Unpredictability Decoupled Performance Concurrency Load Responsive Resilient Failure Unreliability Data Consistency

What is the Actor model? Introduced in 1973 Deals with concurrency realistically An Actor is a fundamental unit of computation Processing Storage Communication

Actors Create other actors Send messages to other actors Process one message at a time Designate what to do with the next message

Orleans: DistributedVirtual Actors Actors Actors exist eternally Treat actors like plain old objects Activated & deactivated automatically Location transparent First-class asynchrony Create other actors Send messages to other actors Process one message at a time Designate what to do with the next message

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Hello, Grains Reuben Bond TechEd 2013 9/10/2018 2:34 PM © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Pass The Parcel John Azariah

Observe Closely John Azariah

Putting It All Together TechEd 2013 9/10/2018 2:34 PM Putting It All Together Reuben Bond © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Summary Actor Model “Orleans” Framework Features Uses A way of writing concurrent, distributed applications An actor is the primary building block “Orleans” Framework Actor model implemented on .NET for Azure Runtime + SDK Features Virtual Actors Abstracts away the difficult bits Uses Smart Caches, Gaming, IoT, Cloud Apps

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