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Microservices Availability: Microservices Architecture Resilient Against Failures

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One of the biggest concerns with distributed systems is fault tolerance. A lot of development as well as testing time is spent over exception handling and regression. Microservices Architecture is essential for failure handling in the times when application complexity is on rage. So, how exactly does microservices based systems handle failure? What are the principles that guide it? Most importantly, what measure do the organizations need to take so that these principles are practically met for a  scaling customer base.  Let us have a look.

 

A Resilient Architecture

Resilience is a key governing principle of the microservice architecture. In general terms, it states that the microservice, at any time, should be available for function even if there’s a failure. Practically, this is achieved by restarting the replica of the failed microservices on another machine, hence maintaining the availability undisturbed. Furthermore, the state of the failed microservice is saved to be retrieved later. Therefore, resiliency and availability ensure data consistency and fail-fast mechanism. However, with the increasing complexity of the applications, the availability of microservices might face some challenges like the applications upgrade, for instance. Here the dilemma for the deploying microservices is whether to upgrade to a newer version or roll back to an older one. There need to be enough machines for the app to run uninterrupted during the update. Additionally, a constant monitoring of microservices health is required to make timely decisions in this regard. 

Here are some tips to maintain the resilience and availability of microservices for a fail-proof architecture:

 

 

 

 

Conclusion

The robustness of the microservices architecture is also a result of its resilience and availability. As the customers scale for the organizations, mere multiplication of microservice instances won’t work. There need to be provisions in place to deal with the unpredicted failures. A little proactiveness and experience on the part of the organization can help their applications to fully enjoy the benefits of this architecture while also avoiding certain pitfalls.

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