Part I: Design: Building It
Chapter 1: Designing in a Distributed World
Chapter 2: Designing for Operations
Chapter 3: Selecting a Service Platform
Chapter 4: Application Architectures
Chapter 5: Design Patterns for Scaling
Chapter 6: Design Patterns for Resiliency
Part II: Operations: Running It
Chapter 7: Operations in a Distributed World
Chapter 8: DevOps Culture
Chapter 9: Service Delivery: The Build Phase
Chapter 10: Service Delivery: The Deployment Phase
Chapter 11: Upgrading Live Services
Chapter 12: Automation
Chapter 13: Design Documents
Chapter 14: Oncall
Chapter 15: Disaster Preparedness
Chapter 16: Monitoring Fundamentals
Chapter 17: Monitoring Architecture and Practice
Chapter 18: Capacity Planning
Chapter 19: Creating KPIs
Chapter 20: Operational Excellence

About the Author

Thomas A. Limoncelli is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and system administrator with more than twenty years of experience at companies like Google, Bell Labs, and StackExchange.com.

Strata R. Chalup has more than twenty-five years of experience in Silicon Valley, focusing on IT strategy, best-practices, and scalable infrastructures at firms that include Apple, Sun, Cisco, McAfee, and Palm.

Christina J. Hogan has more than twenty years of experience in system administration and network engineering, from Silicon Valley to Italy and Switzerland. She has a master’s degree in computer science, a doctorate in aeronautical engineering, and has been part of a Formula 1 racing team.

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