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SUMMARY:Effective HA (High Availability) Architecting - Carl Thompson
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DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we’ll dive deep into the concept of High A
 vailability (HA) and explore how it benefits both customers and engineers/
 admins alike. The goal is to equip you with a clear understanding of how t
 o plan and implement a highly available system that ensures uptime and res
 ilience.\n\nWe’ll start by distinguishing High Availability from Disaste
 r Recovery—two concepts that often get mixed up but serve different purp
 oses in the realm of system reliability.\n\nNext\, we’ll explore various
  types of High Availability setups\, from basic redundancies to more sophi
 sticated failover mechanisms\, and walk through the initial planning steps
  required to design an HA system that suits your needs.\n\nThen\, we’ll 
 shift our focus to the core of your application: data. We’ll talk about:
 \n\n- Best practices for storing and managing files in an HA environment.
 \n- SQL and NoSQL data: What are the differences and considerations when b
 uilding for high availability?\n- How to make your data resilient to failu
 res and ensure it’s always accessible.\n\nFinally\, we’ll wrap up with
  a hypothetical example\, followed by a real-world case study of an HA sys
 tem I’ve architected that’s in production and actively supporting thou
 sands of users.\n\nBy the end of this session\, you’ll have a solid unde
 rstanding of how to design\, implement\, and manage a high-availability so
 lution that keeps your services reliable and your customers happy.
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URL:https://pretalx.com/txlf2026/talk/PRLRSR/
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