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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by jsjohnst on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:09AM (#24119456)
> Though of course then the trouble is, if AWS is simulating specific behaviour, it won't be exactly the same as real problems when they occur.

If Amazon simulated power failure, or network cable disconnect, or potentially even corrupt writes to disk, I personally feel it would be indistinguishable from the event really happening.

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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by BillinghamJ on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:07AM (#24144096)
The problem is that they can't really realistically simulate that for a single instance unless you've got the whole physical machine to yourself, and of course the worst issues tend to be when it's half-broken, not entirely off/disconnected
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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by jsjohnst on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:35PM (#24153004)
Power loss or network disconnect could easily be simulated without needing the whole physical machine.
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