While this is cool and I dig it, I'm really, really thankful for maintenance windows at the current job. In the real world, 99.9% of systems aren't used 24/7/365. Just do the cutoff when everyone is asleep. Then restart everything to be sure.
> In the real world, 99.9% of systems aren't used 24/7/365. Just do the cutoff when everyone is asleep
"Real world" being something that covers max what, 10 hours of a day? What about things that are used by the entire world? I think there is more than you realize of those sort of services underpinning the entire internet and the web, serving a global user base.
> What about things that are used by the entire world?
Well, for the remaining 0.1% - go ahead and use the fancy hot replication thingy. Sometimes there is no choice, and that's fine. Although that might mean, that the system architecture is busted.
embedding-shape|10 days ago
"Real world" being something that covers max what, 10 hours of a day? What about things that are used by the entire world? I think there is more than you realize of those sort of services underpinning the entire internet and the web, serving a global user base.
MagicMoonlight|10 days ago
Nobody is using slopwork’s new CrudX at a global scale.
mystifyingpoi|9 days ago
Well, for the remaining 0.1% - go ahead and use the fancy hot replication thingy. Sometimes there is no choice, and that's fine. Although that might mean, that the system architecture is busted.
ayuhito|10 days ago
In this age, many smaller companies serve customers across the globe. There is no common “asleep”.