Downtime can be costly — often greater than $300,000 per hour — for financial institutions without highly available data and performant databases. Downtime also can result in lost customers, damage to your reputation, and penalties for not meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs). To avoid those repercussions, fintech apps must be highly resilient and database infrastructures must feature high availability and disaster recovery. This eBook is a guide to understanding the stakes and addressing them with proven, principled design for creating highly resilient fintech products.
