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Lots of companies pretend like they can't afford 5 minutes of scheduled downtime. Then they end up with 12 hours of unscheduled downtime when shtf.
by ForHackernews 2y ago
Lots of companies pretend like they can't afford 5 minutes of scheduled downtime. Then they end up with 12 hours of unscheduled downtime when shtf.
- bravetraveler 2y agoFor SRE (site reliability engineering) the term of art is 'error budget' To others reading, be mindful: database upgrade times depend greatly on the data stored within them/where/who is using them. Your development environment doesn't represent production. If the distinction even exists! A five minute upgrade can become indefinite with a single lock [row/table, depending on the storage engine/etc]