What Happens When a Website Crashes: A Case Study

John Bafford (03.Oct.2009)
Talk at CodeWorks 2009 (Washington) (English - US)

Rating: 4 of 5

How many things can go wrong when a client's website crashes under heavy load, their next big eventis in less than a week, and you have to make sure it won't fail again?When their website crashed following a national TV advertisement, The Pickens Plan, an energy-independencyadvocacy group, turned to The Bivings Group to provide a solution. John Bafford, Senior Director ofProgramming Services, will cover the problems and solutions surrounding fixing the website and addinga load-balancer, including complications presented by WordPress and the use of a content-distribution network.

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Rating: 4 of 5

03.Oct.2009 at 14:40 by Eli White

A good presentation of a 'Real World' situation, obstacles that a real application/website faced, tight timelines, how they overcame them, and then additional thoughts as to what else they might (or are) doing.

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