High Availability Architecture Checklist
Comprehensive checklist for designing and implementing highly available systems with load balancing, failover, and redundancy.
Eliminate single points of failure
CriticalImplement load balancing
CriticalDeploy across multiple availability zones
CriticalImplement comprehensive health checks
CriticalConfigure database replication
CriticalConfigure auto-scaling
Implement circuit breakers
Design for graceful degradation
Implement stateless or distributed sessions
Implement backup and recovery procedures
CriticalConfigure DNS-based failover
Practice chaos engineering
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