# Deployment tips and reference architectures

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The Universal Broker allows you to run multiple connections of any type using a single container. Snyk recommends running in High Availability Mode (on by default), to run multiple replicas.

On Kubernetes, the Helm chart creates a stateful set with numerous members, automatically creating multiple replicas.

When using Docker Compose, you must create multiple replicas explicitly in your deployment configuration. See the [Docker Compose example](/snyk-platform-administration/snyk-broker/universal-broker/running-your-universal-broker-client.md#docker-compose-example) for more info.

Usage of resources varies based on a number of factors, making it difficult to model the actual use of resources (CPU and memory) for the container. Each deployment is limited to a maximum of 25 connections to avoid exhaustion of resources.

If you find you need more resource segregation or allocation that does not fit well into a single container setup, you can create a new deployment with its set of connections to split the load across numerous Broker clients and containers.

Note that moving connections from deployment A to deployment B is not supported.

Contact your Snyk account team or [Snyk support](https://support.snyk.io/s/) if you need more assistance designing a Universal Broker architecture for your needs.

### High availability mode

High availability (HA) mode for a Universal Broker deployment is enabled by default. The Universal Broker deployment supports up to four Broker client replicas.

For more information about HA mode, visit [High availability mode](/snyk-platform-administration/snyk-broker/high-availability-mode.md).


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