Episode 34 [SREpath Podcast]
Show notes
This episode continues our coverage of Chapter 2 of the Site Reliability Engineering book (2016) by Betsy Beyer, Jennifer Pettof, Niall Murphy, et al.
Later in this second part, we talk about the age-old debate of cloud vs on-prem, which is analogous to that other debate we have in the technology of build vs buy.
Earlier on, we got a little technical and discussed thinking behind storage options and load-balancing strategies.
Here are key takeaways from our conversation:
- Adapt your storage solutions to business needs: Understand the diverse storage options available and tailor them to specific business needs, considering factors like data type, access patterns, and scalability requirements.
- Optimize your load balancing: Implement global load balancing strategies to optimize user experience and performance by directing traffic to the nearest data center to minimize latency, and maximize resource utilization.
- Don’t hesitate to continuously evaluate your cloud: Assess the suitability of cloud solutions against your organization’s needs, considering factors like cost, control, scalability, and security, and be open to reevaluating decisions based on evolving requirements.
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Make strategic decisions for your operations footprint: Lean on decisions based on thorough analysis that considers:
- financial implications
- internal capabilities
- alignment with business goals and
- long-term sustainability
- Encourage objective evaluation and formal planning processes in decision-making: avoid emotional reactions or being swayed by external influences, to ensure decisions are based on sound analysis and truly aligned with organizational goals.