PowerPoint Presentation
1Scaling Techniques to Increase Magento Capacity
Or How to Get Ready for the Holiday and Cope with Fast
Growth
Kevin Bortnick, Magento Solutions Architect at Clustrix
2015 CLUSTRIX
The First Scale-out SQL Database Engineered for Todays Cloud
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL2Kevin is a Certified Magento
Developer. He has built and maintained some of the largest and most
complex Magento-powered E-commerce sites.
Kevin lives in Las Vegas and is currently the Magento Solutions
Architect for Clustrix.
As a Magento Architect I think about the futureHow easy is it to
maintain?Can someone else support it?Can it handle growth?Can it be
used for something else?When is it going to break?PROPRIETARY AND
CONFIDENTIAL3
Symptoms of a Problem?Increased page load time
Spikes and Errors
Site Crashes
Support TicketsPROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL4
If you are seeing issuesLook in the obvious placesScale your
Magento web nodesAdd Memcached or RedisAdd VarnishIf everything
else is tuned right, the database becomes the next bottleneck
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL5
Ways of Extending MySQLPROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL6Faster
Hardware?Read Slaves?Multi
Master?Partitioning?Percona?NoSQL?Clustrix?
Report Card Grading7Report CardMySQL CompatibleImproves
PerformanceScales ReadsScales WritesNo Application ChangesNo Single
Point of Failure
PerconaA drop-in replacement for MySQLPros:Easy to set up and
useRetains consistent performance at high resource
utilizationCons:Still has MySQL's architecture limitationsNo high
availability or disaster recovery8Report CardMySQL
CompatibleImproves PerformanceScales ReadsScales WritesLimitedNo
Application ChangesNo Single Point of Failure
Faster HardwarePros:Immediate performance improvementsCons:Limit
to how large you can goHigh-end hardware can get very expensive,
especially when you include backup serversExcess hardware during
off peak season9Report CardMySQL CompatibleImproves
PerformanceScales ReadsLimitedScales WritesLimitedNo Application
ChangesNo Single Point of Failure
Master with Read SlavesPros:Easy to doMagento has this feature
built inCons:Does not help solve write checkout bottlenecksEventual
consistency10
MasterSlaveSlaveReport CardMySQL CompatibleImproves
PerformanceScales ReadsScales WritesNo Application ChangesNo Single
Point of Failure
Master/Master, Store/AdminPros:Works well if you do a lot of
updatesHelps for 24 hour storesCons:Have to accommodate edge
casesDBA needs to monitor for replication issuesWon't fix front-end
only bottlenecks11
StoreSlaveSlave
AdminReport CardMySQL CompatibleImproves PerformanceScales
ReadsScales WritesNo Application ChangesNo Single Point of
Failure
True Multi MasterProsCan deliver better overall
performanceConsApplication must keep track of orders and inventory
Latency can cause sync issuesExpensive to develop and
maintainComplexity increases and stability decreases12
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22b2aReport CardMySQL CompatibleImproves PerformanceScales
ReadsScales WritesNo Application ChangesNo Single Point of
Failure
Partitioning (Magento 2 feature CQRS)ProsAble to distribute load
ConsCant join between partitioned segmentsAmount of tables able to
be partitioned is limitedHarder to maintainneed to track
configurations13
Report CardMySQL CompatibleImproves PerformanceScales
ReadsScales WritesLimitedNo Application ChangesLimitedNo Single
Point of Failure
Ecommerce success creates site failure
HolidayFlash saleYou will hit something
Ways to fix your upcoming capacity problem
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NoSQLPros:Runs very fast in non-ACID modeCons:Gains speed from
short-cutting of ACIDCommits before writing to diskNo
cross-document transactions NoSQL requires significant application
development to swap-out MySQL14ACID = Transaction and Data
SafetyReport CardMySQL CompatibleImproves PerformanceScales ReadsIn
non-ACID modeScales WritesNo Application ChangesLimitedNo Single
Point of Failure
Dont DropACID
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ClustrixDB15ProsDrop-In Replacement for MySQLScales READS and
WRITESDistributedShared NothingData RedundancyBuilt in high
availability solution Low cost disaster recoveryElastic in the
cloud and data centerSeasonal Flex, Self-Managing
Report CardMySQL CompatibleImproves PerformanceScales
ReadsScales WritesNo Application ChangesNo Single Point of
Failure
Easy to Administer
ClustrixDB
Flexing up for Seasonal Demand
The Flex Command Center
Wrap Up Think About the FutureHow easy is it to maintainCan
someone else support itCan it handle growthCan it be used for
something elseWhen is it going to break20Report CardMySQL
CompatibleImproves PerformanceScales ReadsScales WritesNo
Application ChangesNo Single Point of Failure
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL21Q & A
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PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL22Thank you
ClustrixDB Key DifferentiatorsAutomatic, 100%fault
toleranceAvailabilityNo singlepoint of
failureBattle-testedperformance
Flex up anddown, in minutesMassive,linear
scalabilityCapacityExtremeconcurrency
ProductivityEliminatesre-architecting the databasePlug-in
MySQLcompatibilitySelf-managingoperation
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL23Engineeredfor any
cloudOne-clickinstallationCloudSeamlessscale-out
CloudDesigned for seamless installation and scale-out on any
cloud-based infrastructure
CapacityFlex up and down, in minutes - If you need more capacity
or performance, just connect and go.Massive, linear scalability -
Readily handles massive volumes of customers, carts, orders,
products, and business performance reportingExtreme concurrency -
Manages millions of concurrent actions without impacting site
response time
AvailabilityAutomatic, 100% fault tolerance High availability
architecture to meet always-on demands of business-critical
operationsNo single point of failure No impact from hardware
outages; zero downtimeBattle-tested performance Proven rock solid
performance at some the worlds fastest-growing companies. E.g.,
maintained superior service levels during 600% Cyber Monday sales
spike (Choxi)
ProductivityPlug-in MySQL compatibility - Deploy in days, with
few or no code changes. ClustrixDB is compatible with any
application that uses MySQL, including the popular Magento platform
for e-commerce and internally developed solutions. Eliminates
re-architecting the database - Does away with complicated scaling
strategies like sharding and replication, which are expensive,
labor-intensive, and ultimately unsustainableSelf-managing
operation Virtually eliminates DBA operations tasks because the
management is built into the database itself
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