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Disclosure: Former Googler I didn't think I would laugh that hard coming in here and reading these comments, but here we are. I can virtually guarantee that th
by TheIronYuppie 7y ago
Disclosure: Former Googler
I didn't think I would laugh that hard coming in here and reading these comments, but here we are. I can virtually guarantee that the following things are not the root of the problem:
* Lack of compute/networking/storage
* Incompetence of employees
* Back to school traffic spikes
* Just about anything else here
My $0.02. these are almost always due to bad roll outs, usually configuration changes. But I've been wrong countless times before!
- codingslave 7y agoThanks for the reassuring note that google is still a hegemonic super power. Almost spilled my kool aid
- VectorLock 7y ago"these are almost always due to bad roll outs, usually configuration changes." Some would consider that falling under #2. (Not me though)
- heleninboodler 7y agoGiven that "87.623% of all outages are caused by changes" is generally accepted wisdom of running large scale services, I would tend to disagree with those people. Incompetence: no. Opportunity for improvement: yes. Edit: made-up number has large margin of error