Facebook S Failure Shows Why We Shouldn T Rely On It For Everything
Losing Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram for several hours on Monday was inconvenient, damaging to businesses, and in some cases, almost catastrophic. According to Facebook, it was all due to configuration changes to its network coordinating routers. It’s a reasonable explanation, but the fact that a single error like that could bring not just Facebook but other Facebook-owned systems grinding to a halt is a bit alarming. One wrong router config change caused multiple services, and even VR headsets, to stop working entirely....