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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): The Big Picture

SRE is how Google runs production systems, promoting high availability with high velocity and removing operational toil. It achieves the same goals as DevOps without the culture shift, so it's a better option for many digital transformations.

Elton Stoneman - Pluralsight course - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): The Big Picture
by Elton Stoneman

What you'll learn

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a set of principles and practices that supports software delivery

keeping production systems stable and still delivering new features at speed. In this course, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): The Big Picture, you 'll get a thorough overview of how SRE works and why it's a good choice for many organizations. First, you'll learn the differences between SRE, DevOps, and traditional operations. Next, you'll discover how engineering practices help to reduce toil and provide more time to focus on high value tasks. Finally, you'll learn how SRE approaches monitoring and alerting, and about the SRE approach to managing incidents. When you're finished with this course, you'll be able to evaluate SRE and see if it's a good fit for your organization.

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About the author

Elton Stoneman - Pluralsight course - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): The Big Picture
Elton Stoneman

Elton is an independent consultant specializing in systems integration with the Microsoft stack. He is a Microsoft MVP, blogger, and practicing Technical Architect.

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