Why wouldn't I just hire a DevOps full time?

We get this question a lot. Happy to answer. For starters, a high senior level DevOps knows his worth and can easily make $300,000 per year (not to mention how hard is to find one). Aside from that, you would be paying him even when you don't have a lot of work for him while here, you would just cancel the subscribtion. There is also the quesiton of paying all the adds for full time DevOps like retirement, healthcare etc. This way it's one subscribtion and you are done.

Is there a limit on how many requests I can have at the same time?

Once you become a subscriber, you can add as many requests (tasks) as you want in the queue and depending on the plan you've chosen they will be delivered one by one or two at once.

How fast can I expect my requests to be completed?

On average most requests are completed in just two days or less. However, more complex requests could either take a little bit longer or be split into multiple requests.

Which clouds do you support?

InstaDevOps is only supporting AWS (Amazin) right now due to massive client preference for AWS over Azure or GCP

How do I request DevOps tasks?

InstaDevOps is very flexible when it comes to this. You will be doing all the requests inside your own private Trello board but when it comes to giving and sharing certain sensitive files, keys and accesses, InstaDevOps will be providing you with secured, encrypted and burnable options to ensure everything stays safe.

What if I am not satisfied with the result?

InstaDevOps is confident that you will be happy with delivery but of course in case we don't get it right first time, we will continue to revise untill we are sure you are 100% satisfied.

Is there any type of work that you don't cover?

InstaDevOps is making sure to work only with globally available tech stacks and tools. Using internal company tools would be hard for us as it would be the very first time using them. Also we try to avoid GCP and Azure since 90% of our clients are on AWS.

Can this service be customised to fit my company's specific needs?

Yes, InstaDevOps is opened to adapt to your custom company needs as part of Enterprise subscribtion plan. For more information please book a call with us. Looking forward hearing from you.

What if I have only one single request for you?

That is completely fine, you can let us finish that request and pause your subscribtion and return once you have more work for us. The remaining days of your subscribtion will be saved for the future and you won't be charged again untill you use those days.

Do you accept payments in crypto?

At InstaDevOps we tend to be opened to different solutions and adaptations to make sure our subscribers can get what they want. Since we have a lot of experience in WEB3 industry, we will be happy to accept crypto transactions as well. Please contact us at hello@instadevops.com with your query and let's get started today!

Are there refunds if I don't like the service?

InstaDevOps is confident that you will love the service. Sadly, we do not offer refunds due to high quality nature of work and time spent on the requests, therefore no refunds will be issued.

Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: RPO, RTO, and Building Resilient Systems

Introduction

Every minute of downtime costs money. For some enterprises, that figure reaches $5,600 per minute. But beyond financial impact, outages erode customer trust and can pose compliance risks.

This article explores disaster recovery fundamentals, specifically Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO), and provides practical guidance for building resilient cloud systems.

Understanding RPO and RTO

Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

How much data can we afford to lose? RPO represents the maximum acceptable data loss measured in time.

Recovery Time Objective (RTO)

How quickly must we restore operations? RTO defines maximum acceptable downtime.

DR Strategy Tiers

Tier 1: Backup and Restore

RPO: Hours to days | RTO: Hours to days | Cost: Lowest

Tier 2: Pilot Light

RPO: Minutes to hours | RTO: Hours | Cost: Low to Medium

Keep core components synchronized, but application servers remain off until needed.

Tier 3: Warm Standby

RPO: Minutes | RTO: Minutes to hours | Cost: Medium to High

A scaled-down but fully functional environment runs continuously.

Tier 4: Multi-Region Active-Active

RPO: Near-zero | RTO: Near-zero | Cost: Highest

resource "aws_globalaccelerator_accelerator" "main" {
  name            = "production-global"
  ip_address_type = "IPV4"
  enabled         = true
}

Automating Failover

resource "aws_route53_health_check" "primary" {
  fqdn              = "api-primary.example.com"
  port              = 443
  type              = "HTTPS"
  failure_threshold = "3"
  request_interval  = "10"
}

Testing Your DR Plan

A DR plan that has never been tested is not a plan. Regular testing validates assumptions and trains your team.

Conclusion

Building resilient systems requires understanding business requirements, choosing appropriate DR strategies, and relentlessly testing. The cost of preparation is always less than the cost of recovery without a plan.

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