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Data Pipeline

Priority Tier 4 Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures

The provided source material describes how AWS Step Functions can be utilized to create and orchestrate data and machine learning (ML) pipelines by defining workflows as state machines. Information regarding an AWS service specifically named 'AWS Data Pipeline' is not present in the provided sources.

Learning Objectives

AWS Step Functions for Data and ML Pipelines

AWS Step Functions serves as a serverless orchestration service that can be leveraged to build and manage data and machine learning pipelines.

AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service that helps developers build distributed applications, automate processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data/ML pipelines by orchestrating AWS services. It is a serverless orchestration service for integrating with AWS Lambda functions and other AWS services to build business-critical applications. Through the Step Functions graphical console, the user sees their application’s workflow as a series of event-driven steps. Workflows are defined as state machines composed of tasks. Each step in a workflow is called a state. A Task state represents a unit of work that another AWS service, such as Lambda, performs, and can call any AWS service or API.
AWS Step Functions is a serverless orchestration service for integrating with AWS Lambda functions and other AWS services to build business-critical applications. Through the Step Functions graphical console, the user sees their application’s workflow as a series of event-driven steps. Step Functions is based on state machines and tasks. In Step Functions, a workflow is called a state machine, which is a series of event-driven steps. Each step in a workflow is called a state. A Task state represents a unit of work that another AWS service, such as Lambda, performs. A Task state can call any AWS service or API.

Glossary

AWS Step Functions
A visual workflow service that helps developers build distributed applications, automate processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data/ML pipelines by orchestrating AWS services.
State Machine (Step Functions)
In Step Functions, a workflow is called a state machine, which is a series of event-driven steps.
Task State (Step Functions)
A Task state represents a unit of work that another AWS service, such as Lambda, performs. A Task state can call any AWS service or API.

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