System and method for fast application auto-scaling

A system comprising:

• a memory for storing executable instructions thereon;
• and
• a processing circuit for executing the executable instructions, which when executed, cause the processing circuit to:
• receive, at a first application support server, a request to deploy at least one custom machine image to provide an application, the first application support server being selected for receiving the request based on a server health thereof compared to one or more other application support servers, the custom machine image representing an initialized state of a corresponding virtual server;
• and
• deploy a serverless instance of the at least one custom machine image configured for the application to a pool of servers to provide the application responsive to the request, the serverless instance comprising initialized program code of the custom machine image that, when executed, is operative to emulate an operation of the corresponding virtual server of the custom machine image to provide the application without requiring deployment of the corresponding virtual server, wherein the serverless instance includes one or more software objects programmed using the custom machine image.