In this VMblog article, “Are my servers disposable? How High Availability software fits in cloud best practices,” Philip Merry, a software engineer at SIOS Technology, explores how the shift to cloud computing has changed the role and perception of servers in modern IT environments. With the rise of automation and infrastructure-as-code, servers have become increasingly disposable, easily created, destroyed, and replaced, aligning with cloud best practices like those outlined in the AWS Well-Architected Framework. However, Merry emphasizes that while infrastructure can be treated as temporary, the applications running on it remain critical and must be continuously available. To bridge this gap, high availability (HA) software plays a vital role, allowing IT teams to maintain uptime and reliability by decoupling application continuity from the underlying server hardware. This approach empowers organizations to embrace the flexibility of cloud environments without compromising on the stability and performance of their essential applications.
Author: Beth Winkowski, SIOS Technology Corp. Public Relations
