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Do your routine backend code releases require downtime? (lemm.ee)
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Curious to know how many people do zero-downtime deployment of backend code and how many people regularly take their service down, even if very briefly, to roll out new code.

Zero-downtime deployment is valuable in some applications and a complete waste of effort in others, of course, but that doesn't mean people do it when they should and skip it when it's not useful.

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[–] jim 6 points 1 year ago

For our batch workflows, we do have downtime on deploys. It's by design because 0 downtime doesn't add any value. Downtime is usually 5 to 10 minutes. For our services, we rely on lambdas or kubernetes rolling deployments so no downtime.