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failover

failover

1 6.7
An automatic switch to a backup system when the main system stops working
  • noun
  • /ˈfeɪloʊvər/
  • Specialized
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  • We conducted failover tests by manually disconnecting and reconnecting network cables.

Examples

  • A load-balanced website with multiple failover locations that are based on separate power grids, in separate countries, and even on separate hosts.

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  • That means having failover systems that you can rapidly bring online.

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  • The fact is, if you're relying on the cloud, you need to have failover procedures in mind.

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  • The failover behavior is not coded into our client but arises entirely from the CCN core transport.

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  • Along with these service improvements, Microsoft is focused on further hardening the DNS service to improve its overall redundancy and failover capability.

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  • There have been a number of excellent articles about the pros and cons of automatic database failover triggered by Baron's post on the GitHub database outage.

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  • In case of a system breakdown, the automated failover ensures no data is lost during the transition to the backup.

  • The IT team implemented a failover strategy that allows the backup server to take control when the main server fails.

  • After the hardware failure, the failover process activated seamlessly, restoring services within seconds.

Synonyms

changeover
vsfailover
8 4.1

The process of moving from one system or state to another

is an automatic switch that happens because the main system failed
switchover
vsfailover
1 3.7

A change from one system to another

is an automatic change triggered by a system failure to use a backup

How Automatic

failover
  • Specialized
1 6.7
switchover
1 3.7

Surface Forms

failover singular
failovers plural

Morphology

failover = fail + over (transparent) = fail + over

A transparent technical compound built from the verb 'fail' and the particle 'over' (phrasal verb 'fail over'), with meaning directly derived in computing contexts.

Etymology

Failover comes from the simple parts fail ('to stop working') and over ('to the other side'); imagine a service 'moving over' to a backup when the main system fails. So, a failover is the event or process of switching to that backup to keep things running.