Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide the capability to reduce service unavailability, client disruption, network traffic and processing load due to state synchronization. For example, a computer-implemented method for controlling operation of a plurality of server computer systems may comprise determining an order in which the plurality of server computer systems is to be restarted and restarting each of the plurality of server computer systems sequentially according to the determined order, wherein a leader of the server computer systems receives and handles write requests for the plurality of server computer systems, and wherein the leader server computer system is restarted last.