Case Study: Internet Engineering Task Force achieves 90% faster mean response times with Scout APM

IETF Decreased Mean Response Time by 90% with Scout APM

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) was experiencing frustrating performance issues with its Django-based Datatracker application, which is vital for managing its standards development workflow. Contributors complained about the tool's slow speed, so the IETF Tools Team sought insight into the problems. They initially considered building a custom instrumentation solution before turning to Scout APM for assistance.

With Scout APM, the IETF team quickly identified longstanding architectural pain points. They made initial tactical fixes before undertaking significant changes to the application's architecture. As a result, Scout APM helped the IETF decrease the application's mean response time from nearly 2000 ms to under 200 ms, a 90% improvement. This led to positive feedback from their community and provided the data needed to confidently make major architectural decisions.

Internet Engineering Task Force

Robert Sparks

Tools Team Project Manager