# REL 11. How do you design your workload to withstand component failures?
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Workloads with a requirement for high availability and low mean time to recovery (MTTR) must be architected for resiliency.

**Topics**
+ [REL11-BP01 Monitor all components of the workload to detect failures](rel_withstand_component_failures_monitoring_health.md)
+ [REL11-BP02 Fail over to healthy resources](rel_withstand_component_failures_failover2good.md)
+ [REL11-BP03 Automate healing on all layers](rel_withstand_component_failures_auto_healing_system.md)
+ [REL11-BP04 Rely on the data plane and not the control plane during recovery](rel_withstand_component_failures_avoid_control_plane.md)
+ [REL11-BP05 Use static stability to prevent bimodal behavior](rel_withstand_component_failures_static_stability.md)
+ [REL11-BP06 Send notifications when events impact availability](rel_withstand_component_failures_notifications_sent_system.md)
+ [REL11-BP07 Architect your product to meet availability targets and uptime service level agreements (SLAs)](rel_withstand_component_failures_service_level_agreements.md)