Traditional Ops
Traditional Ops, also known as traditional IT operations, is a methodology for managing and maintaining IT infrastructure, applications, and services in a centralized, manual, and siloed manner. It typically involves dedicated teams handling tasks like server provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and incident response using on-premises hardware and legacy tools. This approach emphasizes stability, control, and predictability but can be slow, rigid, and resource-intensive compared to modern practices.
Developers should learn Traditional Ops to understand historical IT practices, which is useful when maintaining legacy systems, working in highly regulated industries like finance or healthcare where strict controls are required, or transitioning to modern DevOps approaches by appreciating the challenges it addresses. It provides context for troubleshooting older infrastructure and helps in bridging gaps between development and operations teams in traditional environments.