# Our Approach to High Availability

DevFeed: [Our Approach to High Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/our-approach-to-high-availability-5706.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/our-approach-to-high-availability>)

Author: Anna Stepanyan

Published: 2024-10-25T16:16:59Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [high-availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/high-availability.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [object-storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object-storage.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>)

## AI overview

Neon explains its approach to high availability for managed databases by analyzing failures in separate compute and storage layers. Stateless compute failures can be addressed by provisioning replacement nodes, while storage reliability is supported by replication, redundancy, and durable cloud object storage.

## Source excerpt

The expression "high availability" (or HA) is used in managed databases to refer to the system's ability to remain operational and accessible "for a high percentage of time," even in the event of failures. But yes, you're guessing it right--there's no universal definition for what...