Case Study: DreamHost achieves real-time network visibility and DDoS protection with Kentik

DreamHost Protects Service Performance and Brand Reputation with Network Traffic Intelligence and Security Automation from Kentik

DreamHost, a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar, needed better real-time visibility into its growing network traffic to protect performance, reduce abuse, and stop DDoS attacks. Its existing open-source monitoring tools and appliances could not scale to handle the volume of traffic or automate detection fast enough, creating risks to uptime, brand reputation, and transit costs. Kentik provided Kentik Detect and SaaS-based network traffic intelligence to meet these needs.

With Kentik, DreamHost gained automated DDoS detection and mitigation, deeper troubleshooting insights, and cross-team network visibility. The solution helped DreamHost quickly identify and shut down UDP flood attacks, avoid thousands of dollars in annual transit overages, and reduce manual effort for the team; the company now handles 10 to 20 mitigations per day with much less hands-on work.

Dreamhost

James Gomez

Senior Network Engineer