On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Alma J Wetzker wrote: > > James McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:41:39 +1000 > > > > burns wrote: > > > >> > >> After a short break, on the 8th day the Lord invented staging > >> environments. And verily they were wise that used them, even if the > >> scribes and elders knew not. > > > > > > What is a staging environment? I haven't heard of it before in relation > > to IT. > > It goes by many names. It is where you have a smaller version of the > production system with test data where all changes can be proven to work > before they are put into the actual production environment. > > Sometimes management provides direct support for getting the hardware to > set one of these things up. Other times you need to scrounge parts from > wherever. Running without one could be "BAD".
Or more simply put, any mature development enterprise has three environments: Development Staging Production Staging is what you use to remove any issues that could impact uptime in production. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
