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Shared Load Balancer, Alternative Web Server

Customer requirements

Internet forum: Dealing with various and simultaneous user requests (2.000 on average - 4.000 peak).

Implementation by InterNetX

In order to handle the huge amount of user requests quickly and smoothly, InterNetX created an effective, load-balanced platform. For this, a shared managed load balancer was implemented as frontend. This hardware is administered completely by InterNetX and operated as a managed service.

Two optimized InterNetX high-load web servers function as backend, drawing their data from a centralized storage (iSCSI) - forming the basis for trouble-free processing.

More failure security

The MySQL database is provisioned redundantly on two dedicated systems. This adds to increased failure security.

Utilizing an optimized web server

To utilize the hardware most efficiently, an optimized high-load web server was used by InterNetX. This web server is specifically designed for speed and can respond to several hundred enquiries per second. In addition, InterNetX adapted the PHP, as well as the MySQL configuration to fit the requirements of the forum software in use and then added optimizations, e.g. efficient caching strategies.


Advantages for our customers

Due to the load balanced solution with centralized storage, the server system is equipped to meet growing demand without any problems. Services that take up a lot of space, were done away with and the software optimized consistently. The result is that the forum software used by the customer can be used effectively and requests can be handled smoothly, even during peak times.


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