Components of a Lambda Architecture

We have been talking about the various components of Lambda Architecture in multiple sections of this book already, and I am sure you will have some idea after going through those sections. This section and the following section detail each and every component of the Lambda Architecture. But this will avoid any dependency on technologies because we need to go under this layer, and once we are through, we can use any technology available in the market and create this pattern without much trouble. Understanding each layer and its significance along with the lead function that it has to take care of is very much required, as this is the basis that you would get when going through future chapters. In the context of Data Lake, the components of Lambda Architecture just form one of the layers, which is termed as the Lambda Layer. We will now go through various layers in this Lambda Layer in detail. The main layers constituting the Lambda Layer are as follows...