Prepare your databases for seasonal traffic spikes
Ensure your infrastructure can handle any expected (or unexpected) increase in demand.
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Keep your database performing at its best, during workload spikes and beyond.
High traffic shouldn’t mean high stress
Failure to prepare your databases for an increase in demand can result in unresponsive performance, slow load times, subpar user experiences, and loss of revenue.
Our team will ensure you’re ready for any high-traffic scenario. We’ll start by assessing your infrastructure’s traffic readiness and identifying areas for improvement. Then, we’ll monitor your databases – during and after the event – to mitigate any unexpected spikes or stresses.
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Why choose Percona to prepare your database for high-traffic events?
To ensure your database remains robust and responsive during unexpected surges in traffic, it’s crucial to be well-prepared. Inadequate preparation can result in slow loading times, unresponsive behavior, negative user experiences, and potential losses in revenue and brand reputation. Percona offers comprehensive solutions to fortify your infrastructure against high-traffic scenarios. With a dedicated team of expert database administrators (DBAs), Percona provides the support and expertise needed to manage these challenging situations effectively.
How we prepare your databases for high-traffic events
Proactive planning
We’ll collaborate with you in advance of the high-traffic event to ensure performance and top query reviews are done for your infrastructure, areas for improvement are identified, and your business is ready.
Continuous monitoring and troubleshooting
After the planning is done, our team will continuously monitor your database infrastructure for system stress. Should we detect any unforeseen spikes or stresses, we’ll work to minimize the issue.
High Traffic Support Benefits
Facing a high-traffic event can be daunting, but with Percona, your database can handle everything thrown at it. Here’s how we stand out:
24x7x365 proactive monitoring and support
Proactive, hands-on monitoring and support to keep your database running at peak performance.
Industry-best SLAs
30- to 15-minute service-level agreements with issue resolution targets
Always-on emergency support
Around-the-clock availability to ensure problems are resolved as quickly as possible.
Technology-agnostic expertise
Get unbiased, deep operational knowledge of the most popular databases.
Resources
Database Checklist for High-Traffic Events
Is your database ready for a huge workload spike? Can it handle a high-traffic scenario? If you don’t know the answer, follow this checklist and assess your database for a high-traffic situation.
Managed Services
High-traffic preparedness assessment is a part of Percona Managed Services offering. Learn what else is included in the service
Have Questions?
Frequently Asked Questions
What causes sudden spikes in website traffic?
Sudden spikes in website traffic can be caused by various factors, such as social media sharing, mentions in popular media, email marketing campaigns, special promotions, viral content, seasonal sales, or search engine algorithm changes. Additionally, unexpected events or news related to your industry can also lead to increased traffic.
What is the importance of preparing databases for seasonal traffic spikes?
Preparing databases for seasonal traffic spikes is crucial because it ensures that your website remains fast, reliable, and accessible during periods of high demand. Failure to do so can result in slow site performance, downtime, or even total site crashes, which negatively impact user experience and potential revenue.
What are some common seasonal events that cause website traffic spikes?
Common seasonal events include holidays like Christmas, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Valentine’s Day, and other regional or global events like major sports events, back-to-school seasons, or seasonal sales periods.
How can sudden spikes in website traffic affect my online business?
Sudden spikes can positively affect your business by increasing sales, exposure, and customer engagement. However, they can also negatively impact if your database isn’t prepared to handle the traffic, leading to poor user experience, loss of sales, and damage to your brand’s reputation.
What does it mean to ensure infrastructure can handle an increase in demand?
Ensuring that database infrastructure can handle an increase in demand specifically refers to making sure that the database systems are scalable, efficient, and robust enough to manage a higher volume of queries and transactions without performance degradation.
What solutions do you offer to address seasonal traffic increases?
At Percona, we offer customized solutions to effectively manage seasonal traffic increases in database systems. Our approach includes performance optimization, where we fine-tune database queries, indexes, and configurations to ensure high efficiency under increased loads. We focus on scalability, providing strategies for both vertical and horizontal scaling to accommodate higher traffic volumes. This is complemented by our load balancing techniques, which distribute queries evenly across servers to prevent overload on any single system.
Additionally, we ensure high availability of databases during peak times, minimizing downtime and maintaining continuous operation. Our continuous monitoring services proactively identify and resolve potential issues, and we provide strategic advisory for handling traffic surges. Crucially, we strengthen backup and disaster recovery plans to safeguard data integrity and provide quick recovery in case of failures. Our customized solutions are specifically designed to prepare and optimize database environments for handling seasonal spikes in web traffic effectively.