Merry Christmas? -- richard
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Humphries Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 12:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] anti-fragile environment So, this isn't really geared toward any environment I'll probably find myself working in, but maybe some of you would find this read interesting. It is about how Netflix, instead a embracing a fire drill method of scheduled testing of production systems has unleashed something they call the simian army (autonomous agents meant to cause various typical failures) to introduce some chaos into the live systems. These things break shit in the live environment with the idea that the customer never notices it broke. http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2499552 Bill The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof.
