f your application requires high availability, you will want to understand how design choices help maximize application availability and how testing can validate planned service levels.
The following sections will acquaint you with designing, testing, and best practice strategies for creating a high-availability enterprise application.
In This Section
Availability Overview
Explains application availability and the causes of downtime.
Planning Availability Levels
Discusses setting availability requirements.
Designing for Availability
Shows how certain design choices affect application availability.
Testing for Availability
Explains how to test for availability.
Best Practices for Availability
Presents useful implementation strategies and best practice recommendations.
Related Sections
Design Goals
Gives an introduction to six important design issues: availability, manageability, reliability, scalability, and securability.
Manageability
Covers design, testing, and best practices for creating a manageable application.
Performance
Covers design, testing, and best practices for creating a high-performance application.
Reliability
Covers design, testing, and best practices for creating an application with minimal runtime failures.
Scalability
Covers design, testing, and best practices for creating a scalable application.
Securability
Covers design, testing, and best practices for creating a secure application.