Design Patterns · Senior · Question 65 of 75

What is the Bulkhead pattern?

✓Correct answer: Isolating resources (pools, queues, workers) per dependency or feature so one failing part can't exhaust everything
2A layout pattern
3A database backup strategy

Explanation

Example: a separate connection pool for a slow reporting service keeps checkout requests working.

Further reading

Azure Architecture: Bulkhead pattern ↗

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