Outage Amplification
Learn about force multiplier, outage amplification, autoscaler, service discovery system, platform management service, control plane.
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Force Multiplier
Like a lever, automation allows administrators to make large movements with less effort. It’s a force multiplier.
Reddit outage
On August 11, 2016, link aggregator Reddit.com suffered an outage. It was unavailable for approximately 90 minutes and had degraded service for about another 90 minutes . In their postmortem, Reddit admins described a conflict between deliberate, manual changes and their automation platform:
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First, the ...