If the back-end database fails, or if your network connection to it fails or slows, your application keeps running, and this failure is transparent to and does not affect your application.

如果后端数据库失败，或者您的网络连接失败或较慢，您的应用程序可以继续运行，这种失败对于应用程序是透明的，不会产生任何影响。

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A failure of a member does not affect the transaction workload of other members.

一个成员出故障不会影响其他成员的事务工作负载。

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Choosing the right order can affect whether the correct data source is queried and the resilience of your network in case of failure.

选择正确的顺序可以影响是否能查询正确的数据源以及在出现故障时网络的恢复能力。

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