Tag Archives: disaster recovery

Backup Plans for Data Loss

Posted on June 22, 2017 by way0utwest

The British Airways computer failure has been on my mind for a few weeks. It seems like such an epic failure in 2017 from a high public company that many, many people depend on. I still struggle to believe the … Continue reading →

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The Need for DRE

Posted on June 17, 2017 by way0utwest

“Today’s database professionals must be engineers, not administrators” That’s a quote from an interview at O’Reilly on Database Reliability Engineering. I don’t want to quibble about whether those of us working in technology are engineers in name or not, but … Continue reading →

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A Bad First Day

Posted on June 14, 2017 by way0utwest

I’ve started quite a few jobs throughout my career. In college, I worked in a variety of restaurants, changing employers at the start of every summer and again at the start of the school year. At some of those positions, … Continue reading →

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Big Power Issues

Posted on June 5, 2017 by way0utwest

Recently British Airways had a massive computer failure and had to cancel hundreds of flights across a couple days. This was a large disruption for travel as tens of thousands of passengers were stranded around the world. In addition to … Continue reading →

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