Before revision: A single point of failure (SPOF) is a part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working.1: Designing Large-scale LANs – Page 31, K. Dooley, O'Reilly, 2002 SPOFs are undesirable in any system with a goal of high availability or reliability, be it a business practice, software application, or other industrial system.
After revision: A single point of failure (SPOF) is a part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working.1: Designing Large-scale LANs – Page 31, K. Dooley, O'Reilly, 2002 are undesirable in any system with a goal of high availability or reliability, be it a business practice, software application, or other industrial system.