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QuestionQ116

VerifiedCloud Computing Fundamentals

In a cloud system design, what is the primary distinction between high availability and fault tolerance?

Explanation

High availability reduces service downtime by using redundancy and fast failover or recovery. Fault tolerance maintains uninterrupted service when a component fails, typically through active redundancy.

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