The Dangers of Dependencies
About this episode
This episode discusses the challenges and risks associated with database dependencies and the importance of high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
Many of us working with databases know the problems of a single point of failure. We build HA/DR technologies into a lot of systems precisely because many of us know if the database goes down, a lot of stuff goes down. Broken software is easier to fix and rollback, but a broken database can be a much bigger problems. We also know an overloaded server doesn't handle a workload well, hence our quest for well-written SQL code, but we often lose that battle with developers. Read the rest of The Dangers of Dependencies
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