Cloud ConceptsQuestion 13 of 100
Which concept describes distributing resources across multiple physical datacenters so a single failure does not take down a service?
a.Fault tolerance and redundancy
b.Consumption-based billing
c.Vertical scaling
d.Data sovereignty
Explanation
Fault tolerance uses redundant components and locations so the failure of one does not disrupt the overall service. Cloud providers replicate resources across isolated fault domains. This design keeps applications available during hardware or facility failures.
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