Re: FYI Netflix is down

[Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>]

On 6/30/12 9:25 AM, Todd Underwood wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2012 11:23 AM, "Seth Mattinen" <sethm () rollernet us
> <mailto:sethm () rollernet us>> wrote:
> > But haven't they all been cascading failures?
>
> No.  They have not.  That's not what that term means.
>
> 'Cascading failure' has a fairly specific meaning that doesn't imply
> resilience in the face of decomposition into smaller parts.  Cascading
> failures can occur even when a system is decomposed into small parts,
> each of which is apparently well run.


I honestly have no idea how to parse that since it doesn't jive with my
practical view of a cascading failure.

~Seth