In theory, from a performance point of view, we could easily run our main Rails monolith on a single server.
One does not chose single server deployments when reaching for four nines of uptime though. We also run a lot of ancillary applications / staging environments etc which is what warrants a cohesive deployment platform.
One does not chose single server deployments when reaching for four nines of uptime though. We also run a lot of ancillary applications / staging environments etc which is what warrants a cohesive deployment platform.
More context here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41492697