https://nerdsid.com/tags/observability/Recent content in Observability on Nerdsid.comHugoen-usFri, 14 Nov 2025 23:43:47 +0530https://nerdsid.com/posts/systems-arent-predictable-3-lessons-from-a-dr-drill/Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:43:47 +0530https://nerdsid.com/posts/systems-arent-predictable-3-lessons-from-a-dr-drill/<p><strong>Lessons from a DR activity that didn’t go as planned</strong></p> <h2 id="what-is-a-disaster-recovery-dr-activity">What is a Disaster Recovery (DR) activity?</h2> <p>A DR activity is a planned exercise, where you intentionally flip your workloads to a secondary setup. It may be a new region, a new cluster, or a new infrastructure environment.</p> <p>The goal is to ensure that everything works the way it should when your primary environment is unavailable.</p> <h2 id="lessons-from-dr-activity">Lessons from DR activity</h2> <p>This week, we ran a DR activity. Everything looked perfect on paper.</p>