Service resilience and fault tolerance
Service resilience and fault tolerance are two critical aspects of building robust and reliable software systems, particularly in the context of microservices architecture and distributed systems. Both concepts aim to ensure that the system can continue to function properly and provide essential services, even in the face of failures or adverse conditions. Let’s explore each concept:
- Service resilience: Service resilience refers to the ability of a system or a service to remain responsive and operational in the presence of failures, errors, or unexpected conditions. Resilience is about gracefully handling failures and degradations, rather than trying to prevent failures entirely (which can be impractical or costly).
The following are some key aspects of service resilience:
- Failure isolation: Resilient services are designed to isolate failures, ensuring that a failure in one service does not propagate and affect other parts of the...
