In my previous blog I have discussed about the single tenant vs. multi-tenant , and how one can objectively decide which one to go with. In this blog let us see what are the various architecture models/patterns in implementing multi-tenancy. Complete Multi-Tenant - usually considered to be the purest form of multi-tenancy. This is also called “Shared Everything” [...]
Single Tenant Vs. Multi Tenant – From a Business Perspective
You must have come across umpteen articles that talks about the technical aspects between a single tenant model and multi tenant model. But the fact is that the decision between single tenant and multi tenant is a strategic one and is often decided by the business factors rather than the technical factors. However, some of [...]
Why Multi-Tenancy makes sense for BPO Applications?
Many would know that multi-tenancy is an architectural pattern where a single installation of the software can serve multiple tenants. The term multi-tenancy has been used widely in the space of SaaS and in fact whether or not multitenancy is required is the first decision point in a SaaS architecture. But one of the common [...]
7 Questions that can help you objectively decide on implementing Multi-Tenancy
In my previous blog I discussed about the business/technical aspects in single tenant and multi-tenant models. However, due to huge loads of information from various sources people are actually lost in deciding whether to go for multi-tenancy or not. In many cases ISVs are also influenced by the perceptions created by their peers/competitors. But one [...]
Understanding the SaaS Maturity Models
There are totally 4 maturity models/levels in which you can deliver a SaaS application/product. Single Tenant In a single tenant model each of the tenants will get their own respective instances. There is absolutely no sharing of anything (code, DB, etc.). Each time a new customer (tenant) is added a new (logical) hardware is provisioned [...]