Re:Tell HN: Four (hopefully) unique and useful start-up tips
by aneesh on Tuesday November 24, 2009 @11:39PM
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True story I heard from some Amazon engineers.
Amazon doesn't (directly) monitor whether their servers are up. They just look at the revenue graph in real-time, and if there's a noticeable dip, something's wrong.
Re:Tell HN: Four (hopefully) unique and useful start-up tips
by apu on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @01:25AM
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Right, although they don't have to manually look at this -- they have many sophisticated monitors in place that immediately notify engineers if things are not in normal ranges.
Amazon doesn't (directly) monitor whether their servers are up. They just look at the revenue graph in real-time, and if there's a noticeable dip, something's wrong.