Infrastructure
A data center has a primary network provider and a secondary provider as a backup (1+1).Equipment
A factory has 10 industrial robots and one backup (10+1).Facilities
A data center is designed to have redundant power generators, uninterruptible power supplies, cooling systems and network infrastructure.Systems
A bank website is deployed to a cloud platform. The site has a dynamic number of active instances with a running backup always ready to replace a failed instance (N+1).Servers
Servers may be designed with two or three power supplies with one reserved as a cold backup.Overview: N+1 Redundancy | ||
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Definition | A technique for improving reliability by providing an independent backup of components. | |
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