Questions tagged [sre]

For questions about Site Reliability Engineering (=SRE).

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Datapoints motivating introduction of SRE in organisation

As there is no Site Reliability Engineering dedicated stackexchange, I found this to be closes one. There are multiple great resources to use as inspiration for slidedeck about SRE principles [SRE slides]. Still I can't find :…
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How can I convince someone that 100% reliability is not the right target for anything?

It's a fundamental principle of DevOps and SRE that failure is normal and setting a goal of perfect reliability is misguided. But sometimes IT execs and business leaders push back on the idea. They believe the business needs 100% reliability. What…
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What are best practices for setting SLOs for a new service?

I am guiding teams setting SLOs for their services and a question came up about setting SLOs for services that are still in design. Are there standards for setting SLOs for services that don't exist yet? Or is the best practice to start the service…
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SRE Role at Google

I want to work at Google some day. What are the tools an SRE should really know before applying at Google? What are the things to expect on an SRE interview? System Design knowledge is required? Do I really need to know the algorithms and…
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How do you write an SLO for a service when higher reliability is needed only during special events?

Special events such as BFCM (Black Friday / Cyber Monday).