fault-tolerance
Survives component breakdowns
Fault-tolerance is a system's ability to continue functioning when components fail.
The term comes from engineering and computing, where redundant parts or processes take over if primary ones break down: The server's fault-tolerance kept the website running during the hardware failure.
Fault-tolerant design anticipates problems rather than assuming everything will work perfectly.
Needless duplication
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
availability · resilience · distributed · recovery · checkpointing · RAID · mirroring · heartbeat
Needless duplication
- fail-safeAutomatic harm prevention mechanism
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- robustnessResistance to failure
- structuralRelating to building framework
aviation · aerospace · nuclear · hydraulic · electrical · maintenance · inspection
Biological internal stability maintenance
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- metabolicOf bodily chemistry
- compensatoryMaking up for loss
Uncertain possible event
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- cross-trainingMulti-activity fitness approach
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- operationalReady to function
redundancy
Needless duplication
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
backup · availability · resilience · distributed · recovery · checkpointing · RAID · mirroring · heartbeat · rollback
redundancy
Needless duplication
- fail-safeAutomatic harm prevention mechanism
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- robustnessResistance to failure
structural · aviation · aerospace · nuclear · hydraulic · electrical · maintenance · inspection
homeostasis
Biological internal stability maintenance
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- metabolicOf bodily chemistry
contingency
Uncertain possible event
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- cross-trainingMulti-activity fitness approach
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
fault-tolerancefragility
Ease of breaking
brittleness · single point of failure · vulnerability · instability · fragile
fault-tolerancecascading failure
Successive linked breakdowns
collapse · breakdown · meltdown · system crash · fatal error
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