Case Study: AccuRadio achieves consistent, scalable streaming and 99.99% uptime with Linode

Loud And Clear Accuradio Abandons Bare-Metal Servers In favor of Consistently Stable Streaming through Linode’s Cloud

AccuRadio is a curated internet radio service with more than 1,000 channels and a global audience of over two million. Its bare-metal hosting caused unpredictable load times, I/O spikes and downtime during daily and seasonal traffic swings, so the small tech team needed a flexible, pay-as-you-go platform with real-time tools, easy scalability and responsive support.

AccuRadio migrated to Linode, adopting Linode Manager, Images and Longview Pro along with SSDs and a 400% RAM boost to enable instant server cloning, cross-datacenter failover and real-time monitoring. The move cut processing time by ~50%, reduced load times by ~33%, eliminated huge I/O spikes, achieved consistent (reported 99.99%) uptime, sped up cron tasks and saved about $2,000 per month—delivering markedly better performance and reliability.

AccuRadio

Michael Schmitt

CTO, AccuRadio