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.
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.
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
PostgreSQL
Memcached
Redis
Website Application
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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