diff --git a/analytics/README.md b/analytics/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86607cf --- /dev/null +++ b/analytics/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Placeholder for: +https://github.com/dwyl/learn-devops/issues/91 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/postgres/README.md b/postgres/README.md index 4650e59..cc360fa 100644 --- a/postgres/README.md +++ b/postgres/README.md @@ -1,15 +1,26 @@ -# `Postgres` Setup +
+ + + +# Deployment + +
`Postgres` deployment is divided into two options: -1. Managed - the infrastructure provider manages the instances for you. -2. Unmanaged - we the engineers or operations team need to manage it. +1. Managed - the infrastructure provider manages the instances for you + including data backups and failover in the event of a crash/corruption. +2. Unmanaged - we the engineers or operations team need to manage it + including data integrity and availability. Both have their place. But if you are not an _experienced_ Database Administrator (DBA) or System Administrator (SysAdmin), you should seriously consider a _managed_ service. +The risk of data loss greatly outweighs +the cost of a _managed_ service. With that in mind we have prepared a quick guide to deploying _managed_ `Postgres` on `DigitalOcean`: diff --git a/postgres/managed-postgres-digitalocean.md b/postgres/managed-postgres-digitalocean.md index d48f187..e544b4a 100644 --- a/postgres/managed-postgres-digitalocean.md +++ b/postgres/managed-postgres-digitalocean.md @@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ Viewing this we realized that we needed to launch a Droplet (VPS) instance in order to secure the DB Cluster ... - - - ## 4. Connect to Cluster