Rescuing an Online Store from Disaster

Ian Ngacha

Problem

A client's e-commerce website was experiencing intermittent downtime, resulting in lost sales and frustrated customers. The issue was traced to a sudden surge in traffic that their shared hosting plan couldn't handle.

Solution

Performed immediate diagnostics to identify the root cause of the downtime.
Recommended and facilitated an emergency migration to a cloud-based server with scalable resources (AWS EC2).
Optimized website performance for improved loading times and stability.
Implemented a content delivery network (CDN) to distribute content efficiently.

Achieved

Eliminated website downtime, ensuring business continuity.
Improved website performance, leading to increased customer satisfaction and conversion rates.
Provided a scalable solution to handle future traffic spikes.
Enhanced the website's security with cloud-based protection.
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Posted Oct 14, 2024

An e-commerce website was experiencing intermittent downtime due to a traffic surge exceeding its shared hosting capacity. I migrated website to AWS EC2.

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