When people bring up "cattle, not pets" I tell the story of my uncle, who runs a small dairy farm in Wisconsin. He has about fifty head of cattle, gave each of them names, and takes care of them when they're sick.
Point being that it takes very large scale for the principles people refer to when they say "cattle, not pets" to kick in -- even when you're actually raising cattle. But by the same token, automated reproducible configuration is a huge win whether you have 1 server or 10,000.
Point being that it takes very large scale for the principles people refer to when they say "cattle, not pets" to kick in -- even when you're actually raising cattle. But by the same token, automated reproducible configuration is a huge win whether you have 1 server or 10,000.