Disaster
Episode 17: Show Notes
We here in the Pacific Northwest have been experiencing a slow-moving disaster of enormous proportions. Namely, the heatwave that much of Europe has also recently been confronted with. Similarly, in the context of the cloud, there has also been a pretty significant disaster. On 19 July 2022, there was a well-documented outage, where the London data center for Google experienced the simultaneous failure of multiple cooling systems. This impacted multiple Google Cloud services, which had a series of significant consequences for users worldwide. In the past, there have been multiple natural disasters that have affected cloud computing, and these events are only likely to become more frequent in the future. From global warming to inflation, there is a range of global factors that will impact how we use the cloud. In today’s episode, we’ll be covering how to prepare for these eventualities, and how to have proper defenses in place. Our conversation covers how to guard the systems we already have, the structures that we're building, and how to implement cloud technology optimally. We also discuss the concept of chaos engineering and how Netflix has implemented it to create resilient applications. There’s a lot to unpack here, so make sure you tune in for all the relevant details on how to prepare for the future without feeling overwhelmed!
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Disaster
Episode 17: Show Notes
We here in the Pacific Northwest have been experiencing a slow-moving disaster of enormous proportions. Namely, the heatwave that much of Europe has also recently been confronted with. Similarly, in the context of the cloud, there has also been a pretty significant disaster. On 19 July 2022, there was a well-documented outage, where the London data center for Google experienced the simultaneous failure of multiple cooling systems. This impacted multiple Google Cloud services, which had a series of significant consequences for users worldwide. In the past, there have been multiple natural disasters that have affected cloud computing, and these events are only likely to become more frequent in the future. From global warming to inflation, there is a range of global factors that will impact how we use the cloud. In today’s episode, we’ll be covering how to prepare for these eventualities, and how to have proper defenses in place. Our conversation covers how to guard the systems we already have, the structures that we're building, and how to implement cloud technology optimally. We also discuss the concept of chaos engineering and how Netflix has implemented it to create resilient applications. There’s a lot to unpack here, so make sure you tune in for all the relevant details on how to prepare for the future without feeling overwhelmed!
Key Points From This Episode:
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: