A system by which a second, standby wireless modem or repeater is kept 'hot' (on and waiting) to take over instantly in case of failure of the primary unit.
A term that is normally reserved for Technology Recovery. An alternate means of processing that minimises downtime so that no loss of processing occurs. Usually involves the use of a standby system or site that is permanently connected to business users and is often used to record transactions in tandem with the primary system.
Alternate equipment ready to take over an operation quickly if the equipment on which the operation is being performed fails.
A second running computing system that is ready to pick up application processing in the event that the primary computing system fails. That is, the secondary system takes over the processing at the point where the original computing system stopped and the secondary system continues the processing.
A managed service to provide failsafe firewall security so that, should a firewall fail, another will automatically take over without loss of session information.
A backup system configured in such a way that it may be used if the system goes down.