That works for the performance aspect, but doesn't address any kind of High Availability (HA). There are definitely ways to make HA work, especially if you run

That works for the performance aspect, but doesn't address any kind of High Availability (HA). There are definitely ways to make HA work, especially if you run your own hardware, but the point is that you'll need (at least) a 2nd server to take over the load of the primary one that died.