Failover Strategies
Back: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Mechanisms for switching from a failed primary system to a standby or backup system. Strategies range from active-passive (cold/warm/hot standby) to active-active (multiple active regions), each with different cost, complexity, and recovery time characteristics.
Concepts
- Active-Passive Failover
- Active-Active Failover
- DNS Failover
- Database Failover
- Multi-Region Architecture