- What uptime can we realistically get?
- It depends on your architecture, dependencies and budget. We measure where you are now, then show what each extra “nine” would cost.
- Do we need multi-region?
- Often not at first. Multi-zone covers most failures for less money and complexity. We recommend multi-region or multi-cloud when losing a whole region or provider is a risk the business can't accept.
- How is this different from disaster recovery?
- High availability keeps you running through small failures automatically. Disaster recovery brings you back after large ones. You need both, sized differently.
- Can you test failover without risking production?
- Yes. We start in staging, then run controlled drills in production during agreed windows.
- Do we own everything you build?
- Yes. Code, Terraform, Helm charts and runbooks live in your repositories from day one, and cloud accounts stay in your name. If you ever take the work in-house, the handover is documentation and a call, not a rescue project.