"We messed up bad. We launched without having a backup procedure in place, and without the resources to make it happen. This was a hard-learned lesson that won’t happen again. We have no one except ourselves to blame."
You know how you messed up? By not using something like AWS - EC2 - Snapshots. Or even S3 or Glacier. What is this trend of devs doing Operations? As a Sysadmin with a Compsci/dev background, it blows my mind constantly.
Great, you know how to move around the CLI, but are you versed in how to maintain a proper and robust system?
Also, why weren't you using something like SES for your email alerts?
Sounds about right. My favourite part was leasing a server from 1&1. Even a little industry knowledge with regards to infrastructure would have caused someone to avoid them.
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"We messed up bad. We launched without having a backup procedure in place, and without the resources to make it happen. This was a hard-learned lesson that won’t happen again. We have no one except ourselves to blame."
You know how you messed up? By not using something like AWS - EC2 - Snapshots. Or even S3 or Glacier. What is this trend of devs doing Operations? As a Sysadmin with a Compsci/dev background, it blows my mind constantly.
Great, you know how to move around the CLI, but are you versed in how to maintain a proper and robust system?
Also, why weren't you using something like SES for your email alerts?
Long story short, money was tight, priorities were set incorrectly, and they got fucked.
Sounds about right. My favourite part was leasing a server from 1&1. Even a little industry knowledge with regards to infrastructure would have caused someone to avoid them.