Chaos Monkey Released Into the Wild 76
Quince alPillan writes "Netflix revealed today that they've released Chaos Monkey, an open source Amazon Web Service testing tool that will randomly turn off instances in Auto Scaling Groups. 'We have found that the best defense against major unexpected failures is to fail often. By frequently causing failures, we force our services to be built in a way that is more resilient. We are excited to make a long-awaited announcement today that will help others who embrace this approach. ...source code for the founding member of the Simian Army, Chaos Monkey, is available to the community.'"
I love this thing (Score:4, Interesting)
Not only for the idea that a serious company lets a masturbating-and-throwing-poo grinning idiot loose in their sensitive vitals, but also because it draws so many parallels with other resilient systems.
Allergies cured by parasitical worms? Chaos Monkey Effect - you need something attacking your defences for your system to stay healthy
Ecosystem that relies on bushfires to clear old vegetation? Chaos Monkey Effect
Something almost Zen about not only turning an attacker's violence against them, but deliberately introducing new attackers so your system is strengthened by them.
Well done chaps, carry on.