Self-healing before permanent failure occurs

Originating Author: Fred Moore

Fault-tolerant systems exist throughout the IT infrastructure today and can repair themselves after hardware or software failure occurs. Future applications will demand improved self-healing systems that can fix themselves before a permanent failure occurs. With rapid progress in all aspects of embedded microprocessor and dual-core chip development, expect self-healing systems ultimately to become a reality. The value of self-healing systems to the high-availability equation will be unprecedented and these architectures should eventually spread to any piece of computer technology. The new race to achieve beyond five 9s availability is under way.

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