Define: "High Availability" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Ask where the power for the redundant rack comes from. If it is the same breaker, it is not highly available, it is just expensive."
A system design approach that ensures a high level of operational performance and uptime for a given period.
What does "High Availability" actually mean?
"Plugging two firewalls into the same unstable power strip and calling it a robust redundant architecture."
"We must engineer the new platform with high availability in mind to prevent customer disruption."
"The architect bragged about our high availability setup right before both redundant core switches crashed simultaneously due to the same firmware bug."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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