Marc Mercuri and Mark Simms Build Resilient Cloud Applications
Carl and Richard talk to Marc Mercuri and Mark Simms about resilient cloud architecture. The conversation starts out focused on the white paper called 'FailSafe' and the guidance it provides for building resilient cloud applications - but the information is applicable to any large scale system running on any sort of infrastructure. While the topic area is huge, Marc and Mark break down the concepts into understanding your application, finding failure points, planning for failure (it's going to happen!) effective instrumentation and more. Lots of great thinking on how to build apps that can survive the huge tsunami of success.
Guests:
Marc Mercuri
Marc Mercuri is Principal Program Manager for Blockchain at Microsoft. He leads the PM team for Microsoft's blockchain product portfolio.
Mark Simms
Mark Simms is a Principal Program Manager on the Windows Azure Customer Advisory Team, helping customers build out the largest services and applications on Azure. He is currently focused on scalability and availability patterns for building internet scale services. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mark was the CTO of a mobile application startup, working on everything from embedded digital design to live site operations for a SaaS platform.
Links:
- Cudafy on CodePlex http://cudafy.codeplex.com/
- Failsafe - Guidance for Resilient Cloud Architectures http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj853352.aspx
- Metrics Hub https://www.metricshub.com/
- Channel 9 Failsafe http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe