News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Which companies are using Erlang, and why?. Parent comment

Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by ailideex on Monday September 30, 2019 @01:05AM (#21111927)
> the NHS has managed 99.999% availability

Really? I am not sure I trust this claim.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by masleeds on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:21AM (#21112837)
The claim relates specifically to the spine 2 project, and is as measured over the 5 years since it went live. There are a lot of systems which depend on Spine 2 for their own availability, it is not the sort of thing that can go down at any time without a lot of people noticing.

I'm biased in that I've been heavily involved in the project, but I will stand by the five years of five nines availability claim.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by robertony on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:16AM (#21116221)
My NHS trust doesn't even use Spine 2. That would require reliable Internet.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by sealjam on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:15AM (#21112804)
The lead engineer/designer on the project makes this claim in these slides. I don't know whether this gives the claim more veracity in your eyes, but it's there.

[1]: http://martinsumner.github.io/presentations/spine2_erlang#/2...

[ Parent | on HN ]