High Availability
Definition(s):
A failover feature to ensure availability during device or component interruptions.
Source: NIST NIST SP 800-113
An approach or design that minimizes or hides the effects of configuration item failure on the users of an IT service. High availability solutions are designed to achieve an agreed level of availability and make use of techniques such as fault tolerance, resilience and fast recovery to reduce the number of incidents, and the impact of incidents.
Source: ITIL