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Microservices Architecture - Fault Tolerance

Created on Jan 12, 2026

Going from a monolith to a micro-services architecture opens a world of problems.

Fault Tolerance can be either:

  • local to the service
  • global - requires some centralized management

Here are some solutions:

  • Auto-Scaling/Scaler
  • Circuit-Breaker/Breaking
  • Load Shedding/Shedder
  • Reliability Management System