[riku_iki]

> vertical scaling can take you so far these days that 99% of companies will never, ever reach the scale where they need more

its less about the scale and more about HA and service interruption: your service will be down if server dies.

[hahn-kev]

Never heard of docker/k8s?

[riku_iki]

I don't think these two words will buy you HA automagically. You will need 3 layers of various open source components on top, and I am not sure if they will improve or reduce HA at the end.