Case Study: Ars Technica achieves high-availability, scalable uptime with Deft

How this major online news site site handles web traffic with Private Cloud and managed Network Connectivity services from Deft

Tech news site Ars Technica faced the challenge of handling massive, unpredictable traffic spikes during live events, where demand could surge from 2 million to 16 million pageviews in just two hours. This scaling was critical to their revenue, as any downtime resulted in significant lost advertising income. They partnered with vendor Deft for a solution.

Deft implemented a completely managed, high-availability Private Cloud and Network Connectivity solution. This architecture was designed for automatic failover, ensuring constant uptime even during component failure. The results were exceptional, with Deft's infrastructure causing zero downtime and enabling Ars Technica to sustain annual traffic growth of over 20%, all while protecting their vital ad revenue.

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