> The box they're on goes down

So? Not everyone needs 99.999999% availability.

stanmancan 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The vast majority of products with paying customers need better availability than “database went down on Friday and I was AFK until Monday, sorry for the 3 day downtime everyone”

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senko 8 hours ago | parent [-]

If you're offering a hosted service, I've got bad news for you.

Serverless, managed databases and even multicloud won't save you. You'll still have to be on call.

Don't want to be on call? Design your stuff so it works local first.

	▲	watermelon0 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Local first stuff can also break, so that's not a foolproof plan.

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wahnfrieden 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> If you don't care about business continuity or high availability then everything gets easier

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stronglikedan 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And some do, so what's your point?

	▲	senko 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Read the entire thread to find out.