Server Downtime: Causes, Prevention and Detection
Server downtime has six ordinary causes, and change tops the list. Prevention handles half the problem, and detection decides how long it lasts.
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12 posts tagged "Reliability".
Hosted Status Page: The Shared-Fate Test That Decides It
A hosted status page is worth it for one reason: it does not share your network, certificate, DNS zone or login. Here is how to check that it really doesn't.
Disaster Recovery Plan: Tiers, Roles and Proof
A disaster recovery plan is only worth the last rehearsal behind it, so tier the services, name the dependencies and file a measured recovery time.
Consul Health Check: Types, States and Blind Spots
A consul health check decides which instances the catalog hands out. Here are the ten check types, what warning really does, and the failure it misses.
Chaos Engineering: Experiments That Prove Detection
Chaos engineering breaks part of a live system on purpose. The value comes from the hypothesis, the blast radius and an independent check that noticed.
Canary Deployment: Rollout Steps and Pass Criteria
A canary deployment gives a new build a small slice of live traffic first, and the hard part is deciding what a passing slice actually looks like.