Tag Archives: deployment

Monitoring After Deployment

Posted on April 17, 2015 by way0utwest

Deployments of database and application changes have tended to be stressful in my career. I’ve seen the actual deployment of changes fail, installation programs crash, the startup of an application error out, or the famous blue screen of death from … Continue reading →

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State v Migrations

Posted on April 9, 2015 by way0utwest

Most people work in evolutionary databases. By that I mean a database where you have some schema, and over time you are altering that schema. You might be adding columns to tables or views, changing stored procedure or function code, … Continue reading →

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No State Based Deployments

Posted on March 2, 2015 by way0utwest

I’ve been studying deployment ideas and technologies for quite some time now, but it’s been a focus for the last year or two as my employer is interested in this area. I’ve been reading books and talking to people, comparing … Continue reading →

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Selling Automation to Ops

Posted on January 12, 2015 by way0utwest

The DevOps movement isn’t new in some companies. It’s the same coordination and teamwork that has existed for a long time between the development and operations staffs. Developers take advantage of the skills in Operations to get standardized environments for their work, … Continue reading →

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