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Wrong direction for MTBF
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*Reducing* MTBF is not good 😸
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VeronicaWasson authored Aug 22, 2019
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Resiliency is the ability of the system to recover from failures and continue to function. The goal of resiliency is to return the application to a fully functioning state after a failure occurs. Resiliency is closely related to availability.

In traditional application development, there has been a focus on reducing mean time between failures (MTBF). Effort was spent trying to prevent the system from failing. In cloud computing, a different mindset is required, due to several factors:
In traditional application development, there has been a focus on increasing the mean time between failures (MTBF). Effort was spent trying to prevent the system from failing. In cloud computing, a different mindset is required, due to several factors:

- Distributed systems are complex, and a failure at one point can potentially cascade throughout the system.
- Costs for cloud environments are kept low through the use of commodity hardware, so occasional hardware failures must be expected.
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