alt Hacker NewsA core SRE principle is that "machines/servers are cattle, not pets". They shouldn't be special or bespoke in a way that makes replacement painful or difficult.
A core SRE principle is that "machines/servers are cattle, not pets". They shouldn't be special or bespoke in a way that makes replacement painful or difficult.
I've heard the term used for servers before but not version control repositories. I just don't understand what it would mean for a git repo to be a cattle vs a pet. Like what is an example of a cattle repo vs a pet repo. The metaphore just sounds like gibberish to me idk.
Unless all it means is that that you can have more than a few like the other commenter said but I didn't think that was what the metaphore meant with respect to servers so again I have no idea lol