Wed, 2016-04-27 09:27colin
In a recent presentation by Balazs Pocze from Gawker Media LLC made clear that there are many automation strategies for server management that would be worth packaging up into an extended solution like MariaDB Enterprise.
Automation is good because there are way less "ops people" than "dev people" at many companies. Man-hours are expensive, so you don't want to waste them on routine tasks. Automated tasks also mean that there is a lot less possibility to make mistakes. "Everybody needs automation," says Pocze.
Gawker still uses physical infrastructure, powered by Linux, though there is some migration to the cloud. Cobbler is their Linux installation server of choice, where the hosts are defined, and there is no manual DHCP or DNS management; this tool not only …
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