30 Jun
2012
30 Jun
'12
6:21 p.m.
On 6/30/12 9:25 AM, Todd Underwood wrote:
On Jun 30, 2012 11:23 AM, "Seth Mattinen" <sethm@rollernet.us <mailto:sethm@rollernet.us>> wrote:
But haven't they all been cascading failures?
No. They have not. That's not what that term means.
'Cascading failure' has a fairly specific meaning that doesn't imply resilience in the face of decomposition into smaller parts. Cascading failures can occur even when a system is decomposed into small parts, each of which is apparently well run.
I honestly have no idea how to parse that since it doesn't jive with my practical view of a cascading failure. ~Seth