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What Is Devops?
Have we entered the age of NoOps infrastructures? Hardly. Old-style system administrators may be disappearing in the face of automation and cloud computing, but operations have become more significant than ever. As this O'Reilly Radar Report explains, we're moving into a more complex arrangement known as "DevOps."
Mike Loukides, O'Reilly's VP of Content Strategy, provides an incisive look into this new world of operations, where IT specialists are becoming part of the development team. In an environment with thousands of servers, these specialists now write the code that maintains the infrastructure. Even applications that run in the cloud have to be resilient and fault tolerant, need to be monitored, and must adjust to huge swings in load. That was underscored by Amazon's EBS outage last year.
From the discussions at O'Reilly's Velocity Conference, it's evident that many operations specialists are quickly adapting to the DevOps reality. But as a whole, the industry has just scratched the surface. This report tells you why.
Mike Loukides, O'Reilly's VP of Content Strategy, provides an incisive look into this new world of operations, where IT specialists are becoming part of the development team. In an environment with thousands of servers, these specialists now write the code that maintains the infrastructure. Even applications that run in the cloud have to be resilient and fault tolerant, need to be monitored, and must adjust to huge swings in load. That was underscored by Amazon's EBS outage last year.
From the discussions at O'Reilly's Velocity Conference, it's evident that many operations specialists are quickly adapting to the DevOps reality. But as a whole, the industry has just scratched the surface. This report tells you why.
15 pages, ebook
First published June 5, 2012
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January 9, 2016
Very light intro to DevOps. Quick read. More of a "Why is DevOps" than What".
June 3, 2020
Not that focus on today's
For me it felt like the author put more effort explaining how things were done in the past than elaborate on current practices, methods in IT culture now days.
For me it felt like the author put more effort explaining how things were done in the past than elaborate on current practices, methods in IT culture now days.
August 13, 2018
Perfect explanation with very easy to understand articulation
For any IT professional, this book explains DevOps buzzword in easy to understand manner..It compares traditional world with newer age operations and it's closeness with development community
For any IT professional, this book explains DevOps buzzword in easy to understand manner..It compares traditional world with newer age operations and it's closeness with development community
June 4, 2017
A quick 30 minutes read. But the title is misleading. It doesn't exactly explain what DevOps is, but rather why DevOps exists, and why NoOps is a misnomer.
But it's an interesting essay to be sure.
But it's an interesting essay to be sure.
May 5, 2018
Quick read on why development and operations must merge now.
May 29, 2018
really easy and fast read. just introductory
December 4, 2018
ok intro about devops.
it can be litle more in detail with some case studies to understand it much better. However with simple englidh it was easy to understand the basic concept
it can be litle more in detail with some case studies to understand it much better. However with simple englidh it was easy to understand the basic concept
July 21, 2019
Didn't find much of info
Didn't find any info of use so not work reading. Will look for other books on this subject. That what.
Didn't find any info of use so not work reading. Will look for other books on this subject. That what.
October 12, 2019
Interesting book!
Thanks for sharing the experience and a lot of useful information to learn how much DevOp can do. Recommend DevOp to read
Thanks for sharing the experience and a lot of useful information to learn how much DevOp can do. Recommend DevOp to read
January 2, 2020
A brief introduction. Just a light quick read, nothing much to learn.
December 2, 2023
Gran explicación acerca de por qué nació la cultura de DevOps y qué cosas hay que tener en cuenta para lograr ser efectivos.
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October 20, 2016Basic information about DevOps is good
More information on Infrastructure as code should be explained. Overall the book covers the definition of Dev Ops and provides an insight to the process
More information on Infrastructure as code should be explained. Overall the book covers the definition of Dev Ops and provides an insight to the process
March 5, 2015
A quick 30 minute read and as stated by others, more an essay than a book. It provides brief context on where the functions performed by DevOps arose from, then describes how those functions might be being performed today.
The emphasis on code as infrastructure is a key point and this is explained well against the background of today's technology. Overall, worth taking the time to read through for those wanting to understand the DevOps movement a little more.
Mark
The emphasis on code as infrastructure is a key point and this is explained well against the background of today's technology. Overall, worth taking the time to read through for those wanting to understand the DevOps movement a little more.
Mark
December 23, 2013
This little essay can be read in 15 minutes and gives you a mirror to check if your organization is still living in the 80s.
It also shows how a lot of the questions of modern operations still lack a unique answer. It's a great moment to discover new ways of doing things and explore new technologies and methodologies.
It also shows how a lot of the questions of modern operations still lack a unique answer. It's a great moment to discover new ways of doing things and explore new technologies and methodologies.
October 12, 2016
An interesting take on a ever changing landscape within organisations where Dev teams and operations team have started seeking a level playing field.
An interesting take on a ever changing landscape within organisations where Dev teams and operations team have started seeking a level playing field.
An interesting take on a ever changing landscape within organisations where Dev teams and operations team have started seeking a level playing field.
August 28, 2013
A well-written introduction.
The right things were said. Things were said in the right way. It was clear and concise.
Much more, little wrong things were said. Little were said the wrong way. It was not cute nor condescending.
All books should aspire to achieve these things.
The right things were said. Things were said in the right way. It was clear and concise.
Much more, little wrong things were said. Little were said the wrong way. It was not cute nor condescending.
All books should aspire to achieve these things.
April 3, 2015
Quick 7pp essay from 2012 at the dawn of the shift to DevOps.
Useful; provides sufficient context to see how the cyclical patterns are both repeating and diverging now.
Good overview for colleagues still stuck in a long-cycle-waterfall-Application-development mindset.
Useful; provides sufficient context to see how the cyclical patterns are both repeating and diverging now.
Good overview for colleagues still stuck in a long-cycle-waterfall-Application-development mindset.
January 2, 2017
Ok for one time read
This book provides a very high level overview of DevOps. However doesn't go into much details of DevOps concepts. It's good to start with this book if you are learning DevOps.
This book provides a very high level overview of DevOps. However doesn't go into much details of DevOps concepts. It's good to start with this book if you are learning DevOps.
December 1, 2013
A good introduction to the concept of DEV Ops.
February 7, 2014
A crisp intro for someone new to the concepts of DevOps and Continuous Deployment.
November 2, 2015
Great for someone without a computing background
July 8, 2014
More of an article or paper, rather than a book but interesting read.
July 20, 2014
A gentle introduction to a politically fraught subject. At the very least, if it stops people getting hired as DevOps engineers, or DevOps departments getting created it will have done its job.
January 9, 2015
Interesting short and free book that gives you a historical overview of devOps.
April 30, 2015
Outdated
Didn't realize the publication date but still a good review of develops. Also a great reminder of the old days of operations.
Didn't realize the publication date but still a good review of develops. Also a great reminder of the old days of operations.
January 7, 2016
A quick and easy overview
A pretty good summary of devops for the uninitiated. It'll take you a max of 30 mins - start now!
A pretty good summary of devops for the uninitiated. It'll take you a max of 30 mins - start now!
November 18, 2015
Cool! Read it
January 9, 2018
This book made me realize that I am doing DevOps. There are no distinctions anymore, and even large companies will not hire another resource for this when their development can handle the work.
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