Comments on: WebOps: Good prep for becoming a new parent? http://www.kitchensoap.com/2009/09/29/webops-good-prep-for-becoming-a-new-parent/ Thoughts on capacity planning and web operations. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:13:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Patrick Angeles http://www.kitchensoap.com/2009/09/29/webops-good-prep-for-becoming-a-new-parent/comment-page-1/#comment-7773 Patrick Angeles Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:42:10 +0000 http://www.kitchensoap.com/?p=281#comment-7773 LOL. This rings so true. On the SPOF, we like to use widely available commodity hardware (mom's t-shirts tied up in a ball) instead of specialized high-performance hardware. This prevents vendor lock-in, and keeps our software licensing fees down. Don't forget about having a practical security implementation (child-proof but not parent-proof access controls, etc.). Not sure how old your kids are but you also need to plan for spikes in tantrums around 2-3 years of age. LOL. This rings so true.

On the SPOF, we like to use widely available commodity hardware (mom’s t-shirts tied up in a ball) instead of specialized high-performance hardware. This prevents vendor lock-in, and keeps our software licensing fees down.

Don’t forget about having a practical security implementation (child-proof but not parent-proof access controls, etc.).

Not sure how old your kids are but you also need to plan for spikes in tantrums around 2-3 years of age.

]]> By: BotchagalupeMarks for October 16th - 07:47 | IT Management and Cloud Blog http://www.kitchensoap.com/2009/09/29/webops-good-prep-for-becoming-a-new-parent/comment-page-1/#comment-7732 BotchagalupeMarks for October 16th - 07:47 | IT Management and Cloud Blog Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:32:12 +0000 http://www.kitchensoap.com/?p=281#comment-7732 [...] WebOps: Good prep for becoming a new parent? - I think I’ve said before somewhere that working in the field of web operations prepared me somewhat for being a parent. I thought the other day that I should write down some of this reasoning, because it’s pretty often that I’m reminded of similarities: [...] [...] WebOps: Good prep for becoming a new parent? – I think I’ve said before somewhere that working in the field of web operations prepared me somewhat for being a parent. I thought the other day that I should write down some of this reasoning, because it’s pretty often that I’m reminded of similarities: [...]

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