Bulkhead

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Definition

Design pattern that isolates critical resources to prevent total system failure. Like having watertight compartments on a ship so one leak doesn't sink the entire vessel.

Real-World Example

E-commerce sites use bulkhead patterns to ensure payment processing continues working even if product catalog systems fail.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

These services help implement resilience and fault isolation strategies similar to the Bulkhead pattern by providing tools and frameworks to isolate failures and ensure continuity of critical services.

AWS
AWS Resilience Hub
AZ
Azure Resiliency
GCP
Google Cloud Resilience
OCI
OCI Fault Domains

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