Automated failure handling through isolation

A computer system comprising the following:

• one or more processors;
• system memory;
• one or more computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing system to perform a method for isolating a cloud computing node using network-based isolation, the method comprising the following:
• an act of determining that a cloud computing node is no longer responding to monitoring requests;
• an act of isolating the determined cloud computing node by preventing the determined cloud computing node from at least one of sending and receiving network data requests, the isolation ensuring that software programs running on the determined cloud computing node are no longer able to communicate with other entities outside of the determined cloud computing node;
• and
• an act of notifying one or more entities with a notification that the determined cloud computing node has been isolated.

A computer system comprising the following:

• one or more processors;
• system memory;
• one or more computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing system to perform a method for isolating a cloud computing node using network-based isolation, the method comprising the following:
• an act of determining that a cloud computing node is no longer responding to monitoring requests;
• an act of isolating the determined cloud computing node by preventing the determined cloud computing node from at least one of sending and receiving network data requests, the preventing including deactivating one or more network switch ports used by the determined cloud computing node for data communication, wherein isolation ensures that software programs running on the determined cloud computing node are no longer able to communicate with other computer systems;
• and
• an act of notifying one or more entities with a notification that the determined cloud computing node has been isolated;
• wherein isolating the determined cloud computing node comprises preventing the determined cloud computing node from at least one of sending and receiving network data requests, the preventing including deactivating one or more network switch ports used by the determined cloud computing node for data communication.