Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: System Fault Tolerance (SFT)
Definition: Duplicating data on multiple storage devices so that if one storage device fails, the data is available from another device. There are several levels of hardware and software system fault tolerance. Each level of redundancy (duplication) decreases the possibility of data loss.

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