Posted July 5, 201212 yr FPCH Admin Posted on Scalability[/b] OK size matters. Beside the one billion hits, making it one of the most popular sites on the Web there are 10 million unique visitors to date that have visited the site, with 25,000 new users signing up every day. Initially, the site went on-line in beta in July 2011, using Windows Server, but Pottermore had problems due to its large fan base. It was necessary to enact a different solution to meet the needs of its growing fan base. The demand for the site and the way people interacted with it changed expectations. Too much was happening the server technology that was in place did not match up. A change was necessary. Platform-as-a-Service In order to accommodate the Pottermore website the Azure Cloud service provided a platform-as-a-service (PaaS). This means that the Pottermore tech staff could simply move the application onto the Windows Azure platform without having to deal with the burden of managing and maintaining virtual machines. [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/07/05/pottermore-and-windows-azure/pottermore-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-94907">http://cdn6.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Pottermore-2.jpg?9d7bd4 Another factor was important: Testing. Windows Azure provided a cloud-based testing environment to see if the Pottermore Azure Website could scale up to meet massive demand. At the time of the implementation, they knew there were between 2 million and 20 million Harry Potter fans who were waiting to get on the site it had to be ready. It’s been on-line now for several weeks. So far the website has not had a glitch. The scalability features have succeeded in keeping the site intact and growing. The PaaS application capabilities of Windows Azure, gave Pottermore the focus needed for the application. It was able to scale to immense levels in a short amount of time. Source: [url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Features/2012/Jun12/06-06Pottermore.aspx">Microsoft [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/07/05/pottermore-and-windows-azure/">Pottermore and Windows Azure was posted on [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com">Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes. If you are not reading this content in an email newsletter, it is being used without permission. View the full article Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
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