EP 059⚪ Context
2025-07-12•11 min read

AI Availability & Reliability Engineering

Define availability requirements for AI systems. Understand AI-specific failure modes, evaluate vendor SLAs, and implement monitoring strategies for business continuity.

What We Covered

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Availability tiers: 99% (3.6 days/year downtime) to 99.99% (53 minutes/year) with business impact analysis

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AI-specific failure modes: API outages, model degradation, rate limiting, context loss

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Recovery strategies: fallback models, cached responses, graceful degradation, manual procedures

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SLA evaluation checklist: uptime guarantees, response times, support levels, disaster recovery

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Monitoring framework: proactive performance tracking, reactive alerting, business metrics

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