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Re:Scaling Databases at Activision [pdf] by rektide on Friday April 21, 2023 @01:34PM (#35657249)
3 months from start to roll out for tbeir large scale deploy is hella impressive.

Just trying to do basic scaling or other simple tasks sounded like an utter nightmare on their old system. Having autonomic computing at their back seems like an obvious win. Tell it your desired state & let the controller do the job.

The new paradigm for computer operations is so wonderful.

Re:Scaling Databases at Activision [pdf] by endur on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:54PM (#35660735)
The timing slide caught my attention as well. 3 months for anything is fast...
Re:Scaling Databases at Activision [pdf] by rektide on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:16PM (#35670990)
They may well have had a good small scale success already, it seems like/perhaps, but still seems quite solid.