DevOps.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

By now, most of us are familiar with the concept of site reliability engineering (SRE). The term was originally coined by Google and SRE has been gaining traction in recent years as a role dedicated to increasing the resilience of digital ecosystems.

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Dzone - DevOps

MAY 27, 2022

Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) have a considerable set of tasks to juggle no matter where they work or how long their company has had an SRE practice. You may find it difficult to get buy-in for SRE from other technical teams.

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Dzone - DevOps

MARCH 20, 2021

Are terms like 'Error Budgets' and SLOs roadblocks on your way to adopting SRE practices for your organization? Our latest blog talks of 'How to SRE without an SRE on your team,' where we look at some of the most elementary SRE concepts that you can start implementing right away!

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Dzone - DevOps

AUGUST 28, 2021

What Is Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)? The site reliability engineering (SRE) concept originated at Google and is closely related to the principles of DevOps. SRE teams use the software to manage systems, solve problems, and automate operations tasks. It is an approach to IT operations.

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DevOps.com

JULY 25, 2023

AI not only reduces toil but also contributes to improving system reliability, efficiency and scalability, forming a critical part of modern SRE practices.

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DevOps.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In recent years, site reliability engineering (SRE) has garnered much interest. The post How the SRE Role Is Evolving appeared first on DevOps.com. In 2019, LinkedIn listed site reliability engineer as the second most promising job in the United States. Now, in 2021, the role continues to grow and evolve within many organizations.

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Dzone - DevOps

MAY 24, 2023

As a matter of fact, I would argue, and I think that many people would agree, that SRE is actually an essential component of DevOps, and a good, properly implemented DevOps method leads to the necessity of SRE when it comes to deployment. SRE is in charge of automating all of the things and making sure that you never go down.

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DevOps.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

SRE job ads explain what real […]. The post Analyzing SRE Job Postings appeared first on DevOps.com. But if you want to understand what it’s actually like to work as a site reliability engineer, there is perhaps no better source than job descriptions.

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Others leverage Site Reliability Engineering, or SRE, which also blends software development and IT operations roles together in some respects, but not quite in the same way as DevOps. And some organizations use both practices -- SRE and DevOps -- at once.

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Dzone - DevOps

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

There is significant debate around the differences between Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps. However, SRE and DevOps have distinct identities and processes in place to meet the requisite goals.

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Dzone - DevOps

OCTOBER 13, 2021

What is SRE? Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a relatively new term in the software industry. In SRE, a software engineer is in charge of tasks that are usually performed by the operations team. It is a software engineering approach designed for improved system management and problem-solving.

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The SRE role is the most basic and important job within the realm of incident response and reliability management. But what does an SRE do, exactly? How is an SRE different from a developer, a DevOps engineer, and other technical roles? Are SREs independent teams, or do they work as part of other teams?

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

AI-engineered tools can be used to improve the SRE measurements and observability pillar of DevOps practice.

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Dzone - DevOps

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Although SRE toolsets vary from one team to another, there is one type of tool, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), that virtually every SRE needs to manage reliability at scale. If you’re not leveraging IaC, you’re not being all you can be as an SRE.

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Dzone - DevOps

JANUARY 12, 2022

Most structures will be some combination of these ideas, with some SREs focusing on specific projects and other SRE projects completed as an SRE team. When looking at centralized models of SRE teams, there are further distinctions to make based on the role of each SRE.

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DevOps.com

APRIL 10, 2020

In my last piece on cultural SRE, I covered the basics of defining what SRE means for your team. However, some teams may not need dedicated SRE support. The post SRE (Part 2): A Practical Approach appeared first on DevOps.com. This is where the central organization comes in handy.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The post Scaling Predictive Analytics With AIOps to Drive Next-Gen SRE appeared first on DevOps.com. This critical function of ensuring systems run reliably and optimally, at production scale and with minimum human intervention, […].

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Dzone - DevOps

DECEMBER 4, 2021

What is Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)? SRE is a software engineering approach where Site Reliability engineers use the software as a tool to manage systems, solve issues, and automate repetitive/mundane tasks. Site Reliability Engineering happens when an organization looks at problems through the lens of a software problem.

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DevOps.com

MAY 4, 2021

It’s no secret that site reliability engineering (SRE) adoption is growing. According to the Upskilling 2021: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report, 22% of respondents (up 7% from last year) cited SRE as the approach they need to continue automation in 2021. The post How to Spot SRE Adoption Barriers appeared first on DevOps.com.

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DevOps.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

SRE and observability are both often erroneously equated with monitoring. Organizations should shift focus from the former to the latter.

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DevOps.com

APRIL 6, 2020

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a topic that over the last several years has become a popular discussion across many companies I have interacted with. The post SRE (Part 1): A Modern Overview appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Dzone - DevOps

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Also known as SRE, the new activity puts a premium on monitoring, tracking bugs, and creating systems and automation that solve the problem in the long term. SRE practice fixes that by putting a premium on proactively monitoring problems and creating long-term solutions.

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Dzone - DevOps

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since 2015, Lex Neva has been publishing SRE Weekly. If you’re interested enough in reading about SRE to have found this post, you’re probably familiar with it. Lex selects around 10 entries from across the internet for each issue, focusing on everything from SRE best practices to the socio-side of systems to major outages in the news.

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Dzone - DevOps

OCTOBER 30, 2021

SRE and SWE: These acronyms are only a letter apart, and they refer to similar roles within the realm of software development and management. However, SREs and SWEs are distinct types of jobs, even if the tools and skill sets associated with them overlap to a certain degree.

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DevOps.com

JUNE 14, 2022

Site reliability engineering (SRE) isn’t a new term or practice. The post How to Adopt an SRE Practice (When You’re not Google) appeared first on DevOps.com. The practice of applying software engineering skills and principles to operations problems and tasks happened even before site reliability engineer was a defined job title.

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DevOps.com

JANUARY 24, 2022

The site reliability engineer (SRE) role is still gathering steam across organizations. In January 2022, LinkedIn listed SRE as the 21st job with the highest global demand throughout the past five years. And, looking to the future, it appears the SRE practice will only continue to […].

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DevOps.com

JUNE 13, 2022

Site reliability engineers (SREs) have a considerable set of tasks to juggle no matter where they work or how long their company has had an SRE practice. But if you’re the very first one to join an organization—as many SREs are these days, given that the trend is trickling down into smaller and smaller companies—you […].

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DevOps.com

JUNE 25, 2020

Monitoring tools provider Catchpoint, in collaboration with the DevOps Institute, has published a survey that finds there is a significant gap between the tasks and duties that define the role of what a site reliability engineer (SRE) should be versus what is actually occurring within IT organizations that have hired SREs.

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Developers (Dev), Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), and Operations (Ops) are job types, while DevOps is a system. If we take a soccer analogy, Dev, SRE, and Ops correspond to positions like forward, midfield, and back, while DevOps is a formation like 4-3-3.

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Honeycomb

MARCH 16, 2023

Last year, I wrote How We Define SRE Work. This article described how I came up with the charter for the SRE team, which we bootstrapped right around then. The SRE team is now four engineers and a manager. Happy SREing, Fred The post How We Define SRE Work, as a Team appeared first on Honeycomb. It’s been a while.

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DevOps.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Catchpoint, in partnership with Blameless, today published an annual survey of 559 site reliability engineers (SREs) that found 59% of respondents didn’t view tool sprawl to be a major concern. The post SRE Survey Reveals Major Technical and Cultural Challenges appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Dzone - DevOps

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the dynamic realm of modern software development and operations, terms such as Platform Engineering, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) are frequently used, sometimes interchangeably, often causing confusion among professionals entering or navigating these domains.

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DevOps.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

AI-engineered tools can be used to improve the SRE work-sharing and technical debt pillar of DevOps practice.

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Dzone - DevOps

AUGUST 21, 2021

The trends mentioned below are most likely to have a lasting impact in the field of DevOps and SRE: In this blog, we will look at the trends that are most likely to have a significant impact in the coming years.

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Dzone - DevOps

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

You want to become an SRE. You’re part of the way toward landing an SRE job. But, you’ll also need the right SRE resume. And, while there are no universal rules to follow about creating the ideal SRE resume, following some key best practices will help you build a resume that sets you apart from other SRE job applicants.

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Dzone - DevOps

JANUARY 24, 2021

Why Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)? The above objectives need SRE practice, if not already in place. Below is my recap and if you need to deep-dive into SRE, then refer to books and blogs focussed on SRE practices. What’s the Role of SRE?

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Dzone - DevOps

AUGUST 4, 2022

A few weeks ago, we released episode two of our ongoing webinar series, "SRE: From Theory to Practice." In this series, we break down a challenge facing SREs through an open and honest discussion. Our topic this episode was “What’s difficult about incident command?” When things go wrong, who is in charge?

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