Planning capacity for small teams
InfrastructureA short checklist for sizing bandwidth, storage and backups before a project goes live, and the metrics worth watching during the first month.
Notes on networking, hosting and reliability
A short checklist for sizing bandwidth, storage and backups before a project goes live, and the metrics worth watching during the first month.
Most interactive workloads are limited by round trips, not by peak speed. We look at routing, peering and what to measure from a user's point of view.
A backup is only useful if it restores. A simple monthly drill, what to record, and how to keep the process boring.