> I wonder if they use exponential backoff?
More importantly, did they use randomised exponential backoff?
Having all the retires hitting at the same time can lead to a pulses of outages until things settle down.
More importantly, did they use randomised exponential backoff?
Having all the retires hitting at the same time can lead to a pulses of outages until things settle down.
I'd say the Dynamo team are well aware of what they should have been doing, and kicking themselves for not foreseeing this cascading-failure case. ouch!