Azure Fault and Update Domains

Azure Update and Fault Domains

Microsoft Azure operates from multiple Datacenters across the word, these Datacenters are grouped in geographic regions, providing flexibly for application building.

The purpose of this post is to focus on two areas of Azure regions and availability and that is Fault and Update Domains.

Fault domains

A fault domain is a logical group of underlying hardware that share a common power source and network switch, similar to a rack within an on-premises datacenter. As you create VMs within an availability set, the Azure platform automatically distributes your VMs across these fault domains. This approach limits the impact of potential physical hardware failures, network outages, or power interruptions.

Update domains

An update domain is a logical group of underlying hardware that can undergo maintenance or be rebooted at the same time. As you create VMs within an availability set, the Azure platform automatically distributes your VMs across these update domains. This approach ensures that at least one instance of your application always remains running as the Azure platform undergoes periodic maintenance. The order of update domains being rebooted may not proceed sequentially during planned maintenance, but only one update domain is rebooted at a time.

 

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