Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems - Softcover

Beyer, Betsy; Petoff, Jennifer; Jones, Chris; Murphy, Niall Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 149192912X ISBN 13: 9781491929124

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2016

Synopsis

The overwhelming majority of a software systemâ s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large-scale computing systems?

In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Googleâ s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world. Youâ ll learn the principles and practices that enable Google engineers to make systems more scalable, reliable, and efficientâ lessons directly applicable to your organization.

This book is divided into four sections:

• Introductionâ Learn what site reliability engineering is and why it differs from conventional IT industry practices
• Principlesâ Examine the patterns, behaviors, and areas of concern that influence the work of a site reliability engineer (SRE)
• Practicesâ Understand the theory and practice of an SREâ s day-to-day work: building and operating large distributed computing systems
• Managementâ Explore Google's best practices for training, communication, and meetings that your organization can use

About this title

About the Author

Chris is a Site Reliability Engineer for Google App Engine, a cloud platform-as-a-service product serving over 28 billion requests per day. Based in San Francisco, he has previously been responsible for the care and feeding of Google's advertising statistics, data warehousing, and customer support systems. In other lives, Chris has worked in academic IT, analyzed data for political campaigns, and engaged in some light BSD kernel hacking, picking up degrees in Computer Engineering, Economics, and Technology Policy along the way. He's also a licensed professional engineer.Niall Murphy leads the Ads Site Reliability Engineering team at Google Ireland. He has been involved in the Internet industry for about 20 years, and is currently chairperson of INEX, Ireland's peering hub. He is the author or co-author of a number of technical papers and/or books, including "IPv6 Network Administration" for O' Reilly, and a number of RFCs. He is currently co-writing a history of the Internet in Ireland, and he is the holder of degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Poetry Studies, which is surely some kind of mistake. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two sons.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149192912X
• ISBN 13: 9781491929124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552