There's a point at which a lack of communication ceases to surprise and becomes the expected norm.
So goes it with system monitoring, alerting, and instrumentation when everything just hums along.
When was the last time a drill was scheduled for a system outage? When was the last time an alert was fired and appropriate action taken? When were the alerts shut off due to too many false positives?
So yes, I had the greatest of intentions with this blog. Alas, posting never made it to my daily, weekly, monthly routine. I doubt anyone noticed the year and several months since the last post, but that got me thinking....
