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It's all about defining and adhering to change management.Utility computing is useful and cool, but before committing to a system, I'd have a real heart to heart with the software vendor about potential failures and recovery steps, and I'd want demos of both.
Mike Fratto
November 16, 2009

We had to rebuild our server inventory more than once because of corruption.At the very least, a failure can leave you in a state where you can't or don't want to make changes outside the orchestration system.Making such changes can make recovery more difficult.

If you must make changes, then have a back-out plan in case something goes wrong. It's all about defining and adhering to change management.Utility computing is useful and cool, but before committing to a system, I'd have a real heart to heart with the software vendor about potential failures and recovery steps, and I'd want demos of both. And be sure to talk to peers from companies using the product in production to get their take.

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