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Before deploying this, do some analysis of your system and failure modes. And document it. For example, do you have read-write filesystems or swap? If it get
by jgerrish 4y ago
Before deploying this, do some analysis of your system and failure modes. And document it.
For example, do you have read-write filesystems or swap? If it gets corrupted, will a reboot cycle with fsck corrupt it further, preventing post-mortem forensics? This may have security implications too.
What about network access to a shared system? Will a power outage cause a stampede on your servers? Should you stagger that 60 value?
Just a few questions to ask.
- jgerrish 4y agoAnd exponential backoff can help in a larger context. And coordination and yada yada. The bigger thing is asking yourself these questions should reduce the pain. When it doesn't, what are we doing?