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Failover in a sentence

Failover meaning

An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary system, such as a means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel backup system which is kept running at all times, so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.

Using Failover

  • The main meaning on this page is: An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary system, such as a means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel backup system which is kept running at all times, so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.
  • In the example corpus, failover often appears in combinations such as: and failover.

Context around Failover

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

providing 1× handling 1× link 1×

Often after:

paths 1× systems 1×

Sentence patterns with Failover

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and providing failover paths khan 1× balancing and failover systems are 1× failover to servers 1× of handling failover in the 1× wan link failover will work 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

develop a journey 1× failover to servers 1× load balancing and 1× mysql client libraries 1× wan link failover 1×

Common sentence endings:

across the world 1× ddos prevention mechanism 1× paths khan said 1× the server implementation 1× to the shards 1×

Words around Failover

Just before it in the word index:

failor 3 failla 7 failings 244 failing 3.085 failford 3 failed 10.769

Just after it in the word index:

failproof 2 fails 1.404 failsafe 18 failure 5.859 failures 1.200 faima 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Failover

  • In this selection, "failover" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, providing, handling, link, paths and systems stand out and add context to how "failover" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and providing failover paths khan and balancing and failover systems are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "failover" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with failover

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Load balancing and failover systems are often employed to scale the server implementation. (13 words)

Wan-link failover will work as long as both links have DoS/DDoS prevention mechanism. (15 words)

Failover to servers in Florida turned out to be broken, causing DNS resolution for Wikipedia to fail across the world. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Develop a journey-time orchestration solution to deliver a tailored and dynamic risk-based UX, and leverage your solution to drive improvements through A/B testing and providing failover paths,” Khan said. (32 words)

MySQL client libraries are extended so they are hiding the complexities of handling failover in the event of a server failure, as well as correctly dispatching transactions to the shards. (30 words)

Failover to servers in Florida turned out to be broken, causing DNS resolution for Wikipedia to fail across the world. (20 words)

Example sentences (5)

Develop a journey-time orchestration solution to deliver a tailored and dynamic risk-based UX, and leverage your solution to drive improvements through A/B testing and providing failover paths,” Khan said.

Failover to servers in Florida turned out to be broken, causing DNS resolution for Wikipedia to fail across the world.

Load balancing and failover systems are often employed to scale the server implementation.

MySQL client libraries are extended so they are hiding the complexities of handling failover in the event of a server failure, as well as correctly dispatching transactions to the shards.

Wan-link failover will work as long as both links have DoS/DDoS prevention mechanism.

Common combinations with failover

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "failover" in a sentence?
An example: "Develop a journey-time orchestration solution to deliver a tailored and dynamic risk-based UX, and leverage your solution to drive improvements through A/B testing and providing failover paths,” Khan said." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "failover" from authentic English texts.
What does "failover" mean?
Failover means: An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary system, such as a means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel backup system which is kept running at all times, so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.
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