The Challenge
A rapidly growing online retailer was hitting critical infrastructure limits. Their platform couldn't handle peak traffic, resulting in crashes during sales events and lost revenue.
Limited Capacity
System could only handle 50,000 concurrent users
Frequent Crashes
Site went down during high-traffic events
Slow Performance
Page load times exceeding 5 seconds
Our Approach
We architected a scalable, cloud-native e-commerce platform designed to handle massive traffic spikes while maintaining fast performance and reliability.
Cloud Infrastructure
Leveraged auto-scaling cloud services for dynamic capacity
Performance Optimization
Implemented caching, CDN, and database optimization
Load Balancing
Distributed traffic across multiple servers
Monitoring & Alerts
Real-time system monitoring to catch issues early
Architecture Evolution
From single server to distributed cloud infrastructure
Before: Single Server
All Services
After: Cloud Infrastructure
Results
Dramatic improvements enabling business growth