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Big Bang's scope is to provide publicly available installation manifests for packages required to adhere to the DoD DevSecOps Reference Architecture and additional useful utilities. Big Bang packages are broken into three categories:
-**Core:**[Core packages](./docs/understanding-bigbang/package-architecture/README.md##Core) are a group of capabilities required by the DoD DevSecOps Reference Architecture, that are supported directly by the Big Bang development team. The specific capabilities that are considered core currently are Service Mesh, Policy Enforcement, Logging, Monitoring, and Runtime Security.
-**Core:**[Core packages](./docs/understanding-bigbang/package-architecture/README.md#core) are a group of capabilities required by the DoD DevSecOps Reference Architecture, that are supported directly by the Big Bang development team. The specific capabilities that are considered core currently are Service Mesh, Policy Enforcement, Logging, Monitoring, and Runtime Security.
-**Add-ons:**[Addon packages](./docs/understanding-bigbang/package-architecture/README.md##Addons) are any packages/capabilities that the Big Bang development team directly supports that do not fall under the above core definition. These serve to extend the functionality/features of Big Bang.
-**Add-ons:**[Addon packages](./docs/understanding-bigbang/package-architecture/README.md#addons) are any packages/capabilities that the Big Bang development team directly supports that do not fall under the above core definition. These serve to extend the functionality/features of Big Bang.
-**Community:**[Community packages](https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/product/community) are any packages that are maintained by the broader Big Bang community (e.g., users and/or vendors). These packages could be alternatives to core or add-on packages, or even entirely new packages to help extend usage/functionality of Big Bang.
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## Addons
Addons can be used to extend Big Bang with additional services. All of the addons listed here are supported by the Big Bang team and integrated into the product. There may be additional communitysupported Big Bang packages that are not listed here. These packages are disabled in Big Bang by default.
End users can extend Big Bang services beyond the core packages by enabling any of the many team-supported addon packages. Addons are supported by the Big Bang team and integrated with the core platform (Istio, Kyverno, Prometheus etc..) There are additional community-supported Big Bang packages that are not listed as addons.
### Storage Utilities
Storage utilities include packages that provide services to store and retrieve temporal or persistent data in the cluster. This category includes databases, object storage, and data caching. It is generally advantageous to use cloud based offerings instead of these to take advantage of scalability, availability, and resiliency (e.g. backup and restore). However, for non-critical or on-prem deployments, these utilities offer a simpler and lower cost solution.
For non-critical or on-prem deployments where data loss is an acceptable risk, these utilities offer a simple and low-cost solution for in-cluster data persistence (databases, object / blob storage, and caches). However, if scalability, availability, and resiliency (e.g. backup and restore) are requirements, it is generally advantageous to instead use a managed, cloud based offering.
