Cloud Concepts Flashcards
the ability of a system to handle increased load. Services covered by Azure Autoscale can scale automatically to match demand to accommodate workload. These services scale out to ensure capacity during workload peaks and return to normal automatically when the peak drops
Scalability
a cloud service that enables in automatically scaling Azure hosted resources in par with the demand and configured parameters
Elasticity
Refers to a set of technologies that minimize IT disruptions by providing business continuity of IT services through redundant, fault-tolerant, or failover-protected components inside the same data center
High availability
The ability of a system to continue operating despite failures or malfunctions
Fault Tolerance