>I don't really see how you can have a functional DR plan for a site the size of Reddit with fewer than 10 people. You can definitely have a good plan, and be

>I don't really see how you can have a functional DR plan for a site the size of Reddit with fewer than 10 people. You can definitely have a good plan, and be able to execute on that plan, with fewer people. I was lucky enough to work in a team that was running the search backend for a big internet company. Tens of thousands of machines, constant code, config and data pushes, configuration management, os images, kernel, etc. The team was responsible for developing and running the tools needed to keep the site up even when a whole datacenter lost power and you had to shift load from one coast to the other. The size of that team was much lower than 10 people. Obviously Reddit will have to invest in both infrastructure and human resources to get there, but it can be done.