Failover (EN)

Concept

Automatic switching to a backup system when the primary system fails

Architecture

flowchart TD     A[Primary system] -->|Normal operation| B[User/Application]     C[Backup system] -->|Failover| B     A -->|Failure| D[Failover mechanism]     D -->|Automatic switch| C     E[Local storage] -->|Interruption| F[Edge device]     F -->|Recovery| G[Cloud synchronization]

In Context

  • Typically used together with redundancy, load balancing, and high availability
  • Related to: Disaster Recovery, Load Balancing, Cluster
  • Example use cases: Database clusters, web server farms, edge computing devices
Quelle: AI Generated