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U. H. BelokiThe Art of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with Azurehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8704-0_1

1. The Foundation of Site Reliability Engineering

Unai Huete Beloki1  
(1)
San Sebastian, Spain
 

In this first chapter, I introduce you to the foundation of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) as a practice, as well as what it means to be or become a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). Starting from the baselines set out by Google years ago already, it touches on the core characteristics of IT operations and software development. Next, it highlights the importance of collaboration, helping organizations in running business-critical workloads without major ...

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