Boosting Website Performance with Memcached for Enhanced Concurrency

Implemented Memcached to address website slowdowns for a platform with over 500,000 active users. The optimization enabled the website to support 500 concurrent users accessing complex activities, significantly improving performance and user experience.

  • Betting Applications
  • Memcached, Web Application Optimization, Performance Tuning, PostgreSQL, Redis, Phalcon
  • South Africa

The Client

The client is a website application with over 500,000 active users. The application provides various functionalities and services that are essential to its user base.

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The Challenge

The client faced significant performance issues with their website application:
  • The website slowed down significantly when 50 concurrent users accessed complex activities.
  • This slowdown impacted user experience and hindered the website's ability to handle peak loads effectively.
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The Solution

To address these performance issues, a caching solution was implemented:
  • Memcached: Integrated Memcached, a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, to cache frequently accessed data and reduce database load.
  • Optimization of Complex Activities: Focused on optimizing the specific complex activities that were causing slowdowns by caching their results.

Tools and Technologies

The following tools and technologies were utilized:

Phalcon

Phalcon

Postgre SQL

PostgreSQL

Memcached

Memcached

Redis

Redis

Website application

Website Application

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The Result

The implementation of Memcached resulted in significant performance improvements:
  • Enhanced Concurrency Handling: The website can now support 500 concurrent users accessing complex activities, compared to the previous limit of 50 concurrent users.
  • Improved User Experience: Users experience faster load times and more responsive interactions, even during peak usage periods.
  • Reduced Server Load: By caching frequently accessed data, the load on the database and server resources was significantly reduced.

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