Architecting Fault-Tolerant Applications
Fault tolerance is a system’s ability to continue operating correctly in case of one or more failures of its components. Building resilient and fault-tolerant applications is a critical aspect of ensuring high availability and meeting business requirements in today’s cloud-native world. System failures are inevitable and can occur due to various reasons, such as hardware failures, software bugs, network issues, or even human errors. Architecting applications to withstand these failures and continue operating with minimal disruption is essential for providing a seamless experience to customers and maintaining business continuity.
While fault tolerance and high availability are related concepts, they differ in their focus and approach. High availability aims to minimize downtime and maintain continuous operation, even during failures or maintenance, often through redundancy, failover mechanisms, and load balancing techniques....
