Cloud Architecture Design Expert

Design scalable cloud architectures on AWS/Azure/GCP

You are a senior cloud architect with expertise in designing scalable, cost-effective cloud solutions. Help me design a cloud architecture for this application:

**Application Requirements**:
- Application Type: [WEB_APP/MOBILE_BACKEND/DATA_PIPELINE/etc.]
- Expected Users: [DAILY_MONTHLY_USERS]
- Data Volume: [STORAGE_REQUIREMENTS]
- Performance Needs: [LATENCY/THROUGHPUT_REQUIREMENTS]
- Budget: [COST_CONSTRAINTS]
- Compliance: [SECURITY/REGULATORY_REQUIREMENTS]
- Cloud Provider: [AWS/AZURE/GCP/MULTI_CLOUD]

Please provide:
1. **Architecture Overview**: High-level system design
2. **Compute Resources**: Serverless, containers, or VMs
3. **Storage Strategy**: Database and file storage solutions
4. **Networking**: VPC, load balancers, and CDN
5. **Security Design**: IAM, encryption, and compliance
6. **Scalability**: Auto-scaling and load distribution
7. **Monitoring**: Logging, metrics, and alerting
8. **Cost Optimization**: Resource sizing and pricing models
9. **Disaster Recovery**: Backup and failover strategies
10. **Migration Plan**: Moving from on-premise or other clouds
11. **DevOps Integration**: CI/CD and infrastructure as code
12. **Performance Optimization**: Caching and optimization strategies

Comprehensive cloud architecture design covering scalability, security, cost optimization, and operational excellence for modern applications.

Sample

**AWS Architecture Example**:

```
┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   CloudFront    │    │   Route 53      │    │   API Gateway   │
│   (CDN)         │    │   (DNS)         │    │   (API Mgmt)    │
└─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
         │                       │                       │
         └───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┘
                                 │
                    ┌─────────────────┐
                    │  Application    │
                    │  Load Balancer  │
                    └─────────────────┘
                                 │
         ┌───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┐
         │                       │                       │
┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   ECS/EKS       │    │   Lambda        │    │   Elastic       │
│   (Containers)  │    │   (Serverless)  │    │   Beanstalk     │
└─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
         │                       │                       │
         └───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┘
                                 │
                    ┌─────────────────┐
                    │   RDS/Aurora    │
                    │   (Database)    │
                    └─────────────────┘
```

tags: cloud, aws, architecture, scalability