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Active Passive Failover

Active-Passive Failover

Feb 10, 20261 min read

  • disaster-recovery
  • failover
  • active-passive

Active-Passive Failover

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A failover strategy where a standby system takes over when the primary fails. Variants include cold standby (turned off, slow to start), warm standby (running but not serving traffic), and hot standby (synchronized and ready for immediate failover).

Key Properties

  • Cold Standby
  • Warm Standby
  • Hot Standby

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  • Active-Passive Failover
  • Key Properties

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