Case Study: Tweakers.net achieves scalable, high‑availability global server load balancing and improved site performance with A10 Networks' Application Delivery Controllers

Tweakers.net Continues Popularity Reign with Help from A10 Application Delivery Controllers

Tweakers.net is the leading Dutch-language technology and electronics site (about 3.5 million unique visitors and roughly 100 million page views monthly) that runs two geographically redundant LAMP-based data centers on separate ISPs. To improve performance, availability and scalability—especially during traffic peaks—Tweakers evaluated several load‑balancing options and selected A10 Application Delivery Controllers for their carrier‑grade hardware, high throughput and rich feature set.

Deployed alongside Cisco routing, A10 ADCs provide Global Server Load Balancing, Layer 7 Fast‑HTTP, policy‑based blocking, aVCS clustering and continuous health checks to distribute traffic across sites and servers. The result: smoother handling of peak loads, simplified management, stronger security and measurable improvements in end‑user experience and scalability, enabling Tweakers to maintain growth and its position as a top technology site.

Tweakers.net

Patrick Kuiper

Manager of Technology, Tweakers.net