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1 February 2017

GitLab.com meltdown, how 5 different backup strategies failed

From time to time we hear of companies running large clusters of computers failing, but they are usually non-IT companies. This time the tragedy happened within GitLab.com’s walls: the popular startup known for GitLab, the popular...

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