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Research Report 7.1: Architecture Patterns for LLM Orchestration

Five architectural patterns that determine how LLM orchestration systems behave at scale - monolithic simplicity, microservice isolation, pipeline transformation, graph flexibility, and event-driven reactivity, with the performance characteristics and failure modes that make pattern selection an irreversible decision

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Research report covering five fundamental architectural patterns for LLM orchestration systems - monolithic (tight coupling, centralized control), microservice (service decomposition, fault isolation), pipeline (linear transformation, stage-based flow), graph (flexible routing, dynamic reconfiguration), and event-driven (asynchronous messaging, reactive processing) - with performance benchmarks, scalability limits, migration complexity, and the pattern selection framework that prevents architectural mismatch.