Grays.com & Peakhour: High-Performance CDN for Australia's #1 Auction Site
Grays, Australia's #1 auction site, required a robust CDN solution to deliver a fast, reliable experience for millions of users. Peakhour's high-performance CDN with Origin Shield achieved a 99% cache hit rate, drastically reducing origin load and enhancing user experience.
Technical Deep Dive
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The Challenge
ANALYSIS
As Australia's leading auction site, Grays handles immense traffic with thousands of auctions daily.
High origin server load during peak bidding times threatened site stability and performance.
Needed a CDN solution that could efficiently cache a vast and frequently changing inventory.
Ensuring a fast and responsive user experience is critical to maximising bids and sales in a time-sensitive auction environment.
The Solution
IMPLEMENTATION
Deployed Peakhour's high-performance global CDN to serve content from the edge, closer to users.
Implemented Peakhour's Origin Shield, designating a specific POP to aggregate requests and shield the origin from redundant traffic.
Configured advanced caching rules to handle the dynamic nature of auction listings and user-specific content.
Provided a scalable infrastructure that could absorb traffic spikes during popular auctions without impacting performance.
The Results
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
Achieved an exceptional 99% cache hit rate, demonstrating highly efficient content delivery.
Dramatically reduced the load on Grays' origin servers, improving stability and lowering infrastructure costs.
Significantly faster page load times for users across Australia, leading to an improved bidding experience.
Enhanced platform resilience, ensuring high availability during critical, high-traffic auction-ending periods.
Client Success Story
Real results from cybersecurity leaders
"Peakhour's CDN and Origin Shield solution has been a game-changer for our platform's performance. The 99% cache hit rate has drastically reduced our server load and delivered a much faster experience for our users, which is critical in a competitive auction environment."
Peakhour Solutions Deployed
This case study showcases the integrated power of our comprehensive cybersecurity and performance platform.
Enterprise CDN
SECURITY MODULE
High-performance global content delivery network ensuring low latency and high availability for web applications.
Origin Shield
SECURITY MODULE
Increase cache hit rates and reduce origin load with an extra caching layer that consolidates requests.
Advanced Caching
SECURITY MODULE
Powerful and flexible caching controls to accelerate dynamic content and optimise delivery.
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