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Configuring a highly available environment

Creating a highly available system typically requires coordination across multiple groups in an organization. Individuals or groups responsible for deploying highly available systems must collectively understand and agree on how to configure the Pega Platform for their organization.

The smallest environment for basic configuration testing requires the following:

Additionally, as a part of planning for future server maintenance, you must decide whether to use the default slow drain method or configure your system to instead use the immediate drain method for when you perform the quiesce process on a node.