ChicagoRuby: Downtown - High Availability at Braintree

Organiser
ChicagoRuby.org - Chicago Ruby on Rails
Date
Wed, 7 Dec 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 (Add to calendar) GMT
Venue
(Exact location not available) , Chicago, US
Cost
Free

Have you seen the new ChicagoRuby Job Board?

http://jobs.chicagoruby.org.

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High Availability at Braintree
 

Uptime is important for any application, but it's absolutely critical for apayment gateway. At Braintree, our goal is zero downtime for our merchants. We tackle high availability in some unique ways using ruby as one of our main tools.



Specifically, this talk will focus on:

* Performing maintenance in small (30 second) windows

* Suspending traffic during small maintenance windows to prevent downtime

* Automating infrastructure changes 



About the Presenter 

Drew Olson is a software developer working at Braintree. He tweets at @drewolson and most of his code is at github.com/drewolson.



After most downtown meetings we head over to Elephant & Castle (185 N. Wabash) for refreshments & fellowship. Join us for a few minutes if you have time.



Please use your real name when you RSVP for downtown ChicagoRuby meetings. Reason: We are required to give a list of all attendees to the security desk prior to the meeting. If the name on your ID doesn't the match the name on the RSVP list, then Aon security will not let you in the building. Sorry for the inconvenience, but those are the rules of the Aon Building.



Be sure to check out the ChicagoRuby Job Board. ChicagoRuby attracts some of the sharpest minds in software development. If you are building a software team, this is the audience you want to reach. If you are looking to join a team, the ChicagoRuby Job Board features employers who take team building seriously. http://jobs.chicagoruby.org  

 

 

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