1. A method comprising: grouping a set of global service managers into a plurality of regions; wherein the plurality of regions includes a first region and a second region; wherein the first region includes a first set of one or more global service managers from the set of global service managers and the second region includes a second set of one or more global service managers from the set of global service managers; wherein the first set of one or more global service managers handle service requests from clients that are local to the first region and the second set of one or more global service managers handle service requests from clients that are local to the second region; establishing the second region as a buddy region for the first region; determining that the first set of one or more global service managers are no longer operational; and in response to determining that the first set of one or more global service managers are no longer operational, using at least one global service manager from the second set of one or more global service managers to handle service requests from clients that are local to the first region.