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Database Failover

Database Failover

Feb 10, 20261 min read

  • disaster-recovery
  • failover
  • database

Database Failover

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Automatic promotion of a database replica to primary when the current primary fails. Critical concerns include split-brain prevention (two nodes both believing they are primary) and ensuring replication lag does not cause data loss during failover.

Key Properties

  • Automatic Replica Promotion
  • Split-Brain Prevention
  • Replication Lag Impact

disaster-recovery failover database


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  • Database Failover
  • Key Properties

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  • Failover Strategies
  • Split-Brain Prevention

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