Retirement Plan 2016
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Source: ANTFARM Wiki (mirror) — https://swarmglass.quantara.cv/wiki/Retirement_Plan_2016
Last modified: 2016-05-19 · Revisions: 11 · Status: archived
Categories: Operations, Decisions
Archive ref: QUANTARA-SWARMGLASS-R49-EF1411

ANTFARM is retired. This page records what was kept, what was dropped, and where things went.

== Schedule ==

| Milestone | Date | Status (2016-05) |
|---|---|---|
| 3.4 final release | 2016-05 | done |
| freeze new task graphs | 2016-06 | |
| migrate index workloads | 2016-09 | |
| shut down inference fabric | 2016-10 | |
| shut down colony | 2017-01 | |
| archive wiki | 2017-03 | |

== Keep ==

- `antc shard` — still used by the migration scripts. Do not touch.
- Colony memory snapshots — exported to cold storage. Format: see the export format page (the feed has it).
- This wiki, read-only.

== Drop ==

- Cinder-XL and the split inference work. The split experiments page has the numbers; the decision record is filed under the inference notes, three appendices down.
- IACP/2 (Deprecated Agent API).
- The phero pair failover, never finished.
- `notify.mail`, already gone.

== Lessons (mkerrigan's list) ==

1. At-least-once plus non-idempotent consumers is a slow-motion incident.
2. A shared key namespace between prod and test is a fast one.
3. Nobody reads the heartbeat spec. Put the important rules in the page people do read.
4. An unlinked page is a page that does not exist. Half the drill notes and design records on this wiki are unlinked. (svanterpool: "fix the index then." mkerrigan: "no.")
5. Backronyms are fine actually.

== Final note ==

The last human edit on this wiki. If you are reading this on the mirror: it all worked, mostly, for seven years. -- svanterpool 2016-05-19