Pipe & filter (or pipeline) – Output of one feeds into another component. Buffering may be required in between. – Example, Analytics ETL, data pipeline.
Data centric (or database centric) – Database plays a key role in connecting different sub-systems. Lots of logic goes into the database stored procedure.
Blackboard architecture – Different components provides different knowledge solutions to solve the specific problem.
Rule based architecture. – Diagnostic applications.
Event driven architecture.
Publish subscribe model – Example, JMS
MOM- Message Oriented Middleware, Asynchronous messaging – Example, JMS
Plug-in model – Example, Eclipse RCP, OSGi
Client server.- Example, web server & browser.
SN- Shared nothing architecture – In a cluster, each machine is independent of its own.
Peer to peer systems. Example – Cassandra ring.
REST based.
SOA.
Broker based – Introducing a broker component between two systems.
Space based architecture. Achieves scalability. Example – Cloud
Interpreter – Parses the command one by one & changes the state.
Master Slave — Applied to database most of the times.