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FRED HEBERT
THE ZEN OF ERLANG
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LET IT CRASH
Eureka	Presentation
3
BLOW

IT UP
ROCKET SCIENCE
Eureka	Presentation
4
CONTROLLED BURNS
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
5
PROCESSES
FULLY ISOLATED
Eureka	Presentation
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ASYNCHRONOUS
MESSAGE PASSING
7
LINKS &

MONITORS
CODIFYING DEPENDENCIES
Eureka	Presentation
8
PREEMPTIVE

SCHEDULING
DON’T TRUST THE DEVS
Eureka	Presentation
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FAILOVERS
NETWORK AWARE
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LET IT CRASH
Eureka	Presentation
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SUPERVISION

TREES
STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS
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Old
New
1 13 32
Old
New
1 3 1 2 3
Old
New
1 1 13 2 3
SUPERVISORS
strategies
13
WHY 

RESTARTING 

WORKS
HEISENBUGS & FRIENDS
14
REPEATABLE TRANSIENT
CORE FEATURE EASY HARD
SECONDARY
FEATURE
EASY, OFTEN
OVERLOOKED
HARD
Why restarting works
EASE OF FINDING BUGS IN DEVELOPMENT
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REPEATABLE TRANSIENT
CORE FEATURE SHOULD NEVER ALL THE TIME
SECONDARY
FEATURE
PRETTY OFTEN ALL THE TIME
Why restarting works
BUGS THAT HAPPEN IN PRODUCTION
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REPEATABLE TRANSIENT
CORE FEATURE NO YES
SECONDARY
FEATURE
DEPENDS YES
Why restarting works
BUGS HANDLED BY RESTARTS
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“I LIKE STATICALLY TYPED
LANGUAGES, AND I RESTART MY
DAEMON AFTER UNHANDLED
EXCEPTIONS. WHAT IS ERLANG
GONNA WIN ME ON FAULT
TOLERANCE?”
- FORUM USER “Notorious b.s.d.”
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ROOT
TALLY
DISTRICT
QUEBEC ONTARIO …
COUNT OCR
C_OCR
WORKER
POOL
STORAGE
CACHE
POOL
WORKER
POOL
WORKER
POOL
WORKER
WEB
SERVER
LIVE
REPORTS
SESSIONS
…
WEB
WORKER
WEB
WORKER
WEB
WORKER
SUPERVISION TREES
19
ROOT
TALLY
DISTRICT
QUEBEC ONTARIO …
COUNT OCR
C_OCR
WORKER
POOL
STORAGE
CACHE
POOL
WORKER
POOL
WORKER
POOL
WORKER
WEB
SERVER
LIVE
REPORTS
SESSIONS
…
WEB
WORKER
WEB
WORKER
WEB
WORKER
SUPERVISION TREES
20
ROOT
TALLY
DISTRICT
QUEBEC ONTARIO …
COUNT OCR
C_OCR
WORKER
POOL
STORAGE
CACHE
POOL
WORKER
POOL
WORKER
POOL
WORKER
WEB
SERVER
LIVE
REPORTS
SESSIONS
…
WEB
WORKER
WEB
WORKER
WEB
WORKER
SUPERVISION TREES
REPORT_APP
TALLY_APP
STORAGE_APP
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but probably not…
HOPEFULLY
SLEEP AT NIGHT
Eureka	Presentation
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EXPECT FAILURE
23
DANGER ZONE
laid-back area
The risk of getting comfortable
WELL-DEFINED OPERATING CONDITIONS ERODE OVER TIME
Eureka	Presentation
25
HOW THINGS
INTERACT
IN A NUTSHELL
27
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