TY  - JOUR
AU  - Martín, José Mariano Ruiz
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/09
TI  - Scalability and High-Availability Architectural Strategies for Apigee in Hybrid and Multicloud Environments
JO  - Journal of Systems Scalability
T2  - Journal of Systems Scalability
JF  - Journal of Systems Scalability
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
SP  - 43
EP  - 49
DO  - 10.62762/JSS.2025.584098
UR  - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JSS.2025.584098
KW  - API management
KW  - high availability
KW  - multi-region
KW  - operational resilience
KW  - apigee hybrid
AB  - API management platforms have become critical components for operational resilience in distributed enterprise architectures. This article analyzes scalability and high-availability (HA) strategies applicable to Apigee, with particular emphasis on its Apigee X deployment model (Google Cloud–hosted SaaS) and Apigee Hybrid (a hybrid platform with a cloud-hosted control plane and a self-managed data plane). The state of the art in multi-region and multicloud deployments is presented, detailing active–active versus active–passive patterns and their impact on latency and disaster recovery objectives. Key technical components are examined, ranging from the use of Private Service Connect (PSC) in Apigee X to enable private connectivity and distributed replication with Apache Cassandra in Apigee Hybrid, assessing how each contributes to fault tolerance. Regulatory compliance is also addressed, highlighting the implications of the forthcoming European Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) for digital resilience. In addition, best practices for achieving high availability in Apigee are synthesized, including multi-region topologies with global load balancing, fault isolation, consistent backup mechanisms, and operational automation through AIOps. Finally, recommendations are provided for designing resilient API architectures, incorporating emerging trends such as data-plane extensibility using WebAssembly.
SN  - 3142-7855
PB  - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge
LA  - English
ER  - 

@article{Martn2026Scalabilit,
  author = {José Mariano Ruiz Martín},
  title = {Scalability and High-Availability Architectural Strategies for Apigee in Hybrid and Multicloud Environments},
  journal = {Journal of Systems Scalability},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {1},
  number = {2},
  pages = {43-49},
  doi = {10.62762/JSS.2025.584098},
  url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JSS.2025.584098},
  abstract = {API management platforms have become critical components for operational resilience in distributed enterprise architectures. This article analyzes scalability and high-availability (HA) strategies applicable to Apigee, with particular emphasis on its Apigee X deployment model (Google Cloud–hosted SaaS) and Apigee Hybrid (a hybrid platform with a cloud-hosted control plane and a self-managed data plane). The state of the art in multi-region and multicloud deployments is presented, detailing active–active versus active–passive patterns and their impact on latency and disaster recovery objectives. Key technical components are examined, ranging from the use of Private Service Connect (PSC) in Apigee X to enable private connectivity and distributed replication with Apache Cassandra in Apigee Hybrid, assessing how each contributes to fault tolerance. Regulatory compliance is also addressed, highlighting the implications of the forthcoming European Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) for digital resilience. In addition, best practices for achieving high availability in Apigee are synthesized, including multi-region topologies with global load balancing, fault isolation, consistent backup mechanisms, and operational automation through AIOps. Finally, recommendations are provided for designing resilient API architectures, incorporating emerging trends such as data-plane extensibility using WebAssembly.},
  keywords = {API management, high availability, multi-region, operational resilience, apigee hybrid},
  issn = {3142-7855},
  publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}