Fail at Scale.

The article discusses failure in computer system engineering and examines Internet services company Facebook's approach to failure. Noted causes of failures include individual machine failures, workload changes, and human error. The author goes on to comment on the importance of learning from failur...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 58; no. 11; pp. 44 - 50
Autor principal:	MAURER, BEN
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Nov2015
Materias:	Computer system design & construction Computer system failure prevention Meta Platforms Inc. Human error Employees' workload
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Sumario:	The article discusses failure in computer system engineering and examines Internet services company Facebook's approach to failure. Noted causes of failures include individual machine failures, workload changes, and human error. The author goes on to comment on the importance of learning from failure.