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Re:I wrote the SQL query in 5 mins. Why does my engineer say... by unethical_ban on Thursday May 25, 2017 @12:38PM (#14418368)
Ah, see, we're talking about different things.

Our little request queue, though prod-necessary, only needs 98-99% uptime. Same with much of our automation. Once you ask the simple question "Does this cause an interruption to our core business, or to security?" and you can say "no", HA requirements go down, down, down.

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Re:I wrote the SQL query in 5 mins. Why does my engineer say... by mancerayder on Thursday May 25, 2017 @03:24PM (#14419459)
Yeah, we're both arguing against extreme positions.

I fully agree that so long as SLA's are negotiated proportionally to infrastructure investment in money and time, then it's all good.

I've personally seen Ops teams get tricked by being told things weren't important, when in fact they became production emergencies with yelling when they invariably went down.

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