The document discusses silo-based architectures for high availability applications. It describes how applications can be divided into isolated "silos" to improve redundancy, resilience and the ability to perform live upgrades. Key advantages of silo architectures include enabling A/B testing without disruptions and simplifying scalability. Challenges include increased complexity for monitoring and debugging failures across silos. The presentation provides an overview of high availability concepts and argues that silo-based designs can help meet availability needs for mission critical systems.