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How does Rails handle system design for high-availability architectures?
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
High availability is achieved using redundancy, failover systems, and stateless app design.
Deep explanation
Rails applications are deployed across multiple servers behind load balancers. Stateless design allows any server to handle requests. Databases use replication and failover strategies. Health checks ensure traffic is routed only to healthy instances.
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