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by nickpsecurity 3795 days ago
Nah, a collection of computers with high-availability setup communicating with another collection constantly over a dedicated or high-bandwidth line. In the demo, it was 5 racks in an open field. In the bank study, it was a whole bank's worth of computers in two locations. For some organizations, it's 5+ of them just to be sure.

The common trend is that the systems constantly sync critical data, can detect downtime, and automatically (or manually) fail-over when it occurs. Been OS's and ISV's offering that capability with many proven in field going back decades. Certain high-tech companies just don't apply those for whatever reasons. Maybe their stacks just still don't have that feature.