According to MuleSoft, which deployment characteristic applies to a microservices application architecture?

In a microservices application architecture, each service is designed to be an independent deployment artifact. This means that services can be deployed, updated, and scaled independently of one another. This characteristic allows for greater flexibility and agility in managing applications, as individual services can be scaled up or down based on demand without impacting other services. It also enhances fault isolation, as issues in one service do not necessarily affect the entire application.

This is in contrast to monolithic architectures, where all components are packaged and deployed together, often resulting in a single point of failure and difficulties in scaling and updating specific parts of the application.

References

MuleSoft Documentation on Microservices Architecture

Principles of Microservices Design