alt Hacker NewsAll i can see is a giant single point of failure called the Global Transaction Router.
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manoDev • today at 2:41 AM
Isn't it reassuring the entire CC business hinges on a single proprietary appliance inside a cage at some DC? :)
All i can see is a giant single point of failure called the Global Transaction Router.
Isn't it reassuring the entire CC business hinges on a single proprietary appliance inside a cage at some DC? :)
GLBs aren’t SPOFs. They are typically deployed around the world redundantly, often using Anycast IPs or using DNS geographic and failover records, and are stateless. Think AWS Global Accelerator and Route 53 as an example. The architecture diagram is a high level simplification.