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Core isolation concepts - SaaS Tenant Isolation Strategies: Isolating Resources in a Multi-Tenant Environment

This whitepaper is for historical reference only. Some content might be outdated and some links might not be available.

This whitepaper is for historical reference only. Some content might be outdated and some links might not be available.

Core isolation concepts

Part of the challenge of isolation is that there are multiple definitions of tenant isolation. For some, isolation is almost a business construct where they think about entire customers requiring their own environments. For others, isolation is more of an architectural construct that overlays the services and constructs of your multi-tenant environment. The sections below will explore the different types of isolation, and associate specific terminology with the varying isolation constructs.

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