Re: FYI Netflix is down

[Todd Underwood <toddunder () gmail com>]

On Jun 30, 2012 11:23 AM, "Seth Mattinen" <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.

T