# Reliability pillar
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 The reliability pillar includes the ability of a system to recover from infrastructure or service disruptions, dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand, and mitigate disruptions such as misconfigurations or transient network issues. 

**Topics**
+ [Definition](definition-2.md)
+ [Best practices](best-practices-2.md)
+ [Resources](resources-2.md)