RTO vs RPO: Two Clocks, and How to Set Both
RTO vs RPO compares two clocks from one failure: time offline and work lost. Set them per workload, and buy down the detection term first.
#incident-response
12 posts tagged "Incident Response".
Incident Response for Uptime: Declare, Route, Resolve
Incident response for a reliability team is a rehearsed procedure: a mechanical declaration threshold, three severity levels and three named roles.
Status Page Examples: Six Public Pages, Graded
Six real status page examples judged on their component lists and machine-readable endpoints rather than their design, with what each one is worth copying.
Incident Communication: Templates and a Cadence
Incident communication works when the first update ships in minutes. Here are the templates, the cadence by severity, and who posts each one.
Failover Testing: Prove the Standby Actually Works
Failover testing proves your standby takes over before a real outage runs the experiment for you. Here is how to run the drill and measure it.
MTTR and MTBF: Formulas, Targets and Pitfalls
MTTR is how long you stay broken and MTBF is how often you break. Both formulas are simple, and both hide a detection delay you control.