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production: an owner's manual
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Igor Wiedler
April 23, 2018
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production: an owner's manual
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Igor Wiedler
April 23, 2018
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Transcript
production: an owner's manual
hello!
broken computers
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getting sidetracked now so sorry* * not sorry
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back to serious business
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a production system is a system that serves real users
the goal of operations is to ensure services are reliable
in order to provide a good user experience
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failure
app
app linux kernel cpu dram disk network power supply switches
load balancer dns submarine cables routers fiber
app linux kernel the cloud
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• cosmic rays • disk failure • power outages •
software bugs • ...
entropy
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capacity
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cascading failure
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system design
redundancy
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scale
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p1 m3 c1 m2 m1 p2 c2
data storage
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protocols
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monitoring
many components many req/s
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measure all the things?
✅ ⏱
golden signals • latency • traffic • errors • saturation
golden signals • latency • traffic • errors • saturation
golden signals • latency • traffic • errors • saturation
golden signals • latency • traffic • errors • saturation
golden signals • latency • traffic • errors • saturation
0 - 50 [1620]: ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎ (74.55%) 50 - 100 [ 447]: ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎ (20.57%) 100 - 150 [ 49]: ∎ (2.25%) 150 - 200 [ 15]: (0.69%) 200 - 250 [ 15]: (0.69%) 250 - 300 [ 10]: (0.46%) 300 - 350 [ 6]: (0.28%) 350 - 400 [ 1]: (0.05%) 400 - 450 [ 0]: (0.00%) 450 - 500 [ 4]: (0.18%)
golden signals • latency • traffic • errors • saturation
saturation traffic latency errors
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humans
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oops, deleted the database
bad human!
why does this button even exist?
app linux kernel cpu dram disk network power supply switches
load balancer dns submarine cables routers fiber
app linux kernel cpu dram disk network power supply switches
load balancer dns submarine cables routers fiber humans
app linux kernel cpu dram disk network power supply switches
load balancer dns submarine cables routers fiber humans h u m a n s
epic failure is almost always systemic
failure
recap
• a production system serves real users • users like
things that work and are fast • epic failure is almost always systemic
thx @igorwhilefalse
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