Stairway to Cloud - Orleans Framework for Building Halo-Scale Systems

Explore the Orleans Framework, a powerful tool for building scalable cloud systems, in this comprehensive conference talk. Discover how Orleans, the second most popular open source project of the .NET Foundation, was developed by Microsoft Research and is now utilized within Microsoft Studios. Learn about the framework's origins in Halo game development and its evolution into a versatile solution for cloud-based applications. Delve into key concepts such as the Actor model, Virtual Actors, and Stateful Middle Tier. Understand the architecture of Orleans, including Silos and Clusters, and how it addresses business requirements and scalability challenges. Gain insights into persistence mechanisms, Virtual Streams, and the framework's ability to attune to gamer behavior in interactive entertainment. Explore the open-source nature of Orleans and its flexibility to run on various platforms, empowering developers to create robust, scalable systems for diverse applications.

Introduction
Halo
Microsoft Research
The Cloud
The Cloud Elevator
The Magic Triangle
Hero Developers
Business Requirements
Threetier architecture
Redis Memcache D
Actor model
Goals
Virtual Actors
Interface
Actor Lifecycle
Stateful Middle Tier
Silos
Cluster
Counter
Singlethreaded
Persistence
Virtual Streams
Attune
Gamers
Interactive Entertainment
Open Source
Run anywhere