CloudCamp Boston - June 2, 2011

The Secret Behind High-Performance Websites: Rock-Solid DNS
Cory von Wallenstein
VP, Product Management
@cvonwallenstein
cvw@dyn.com

DNS is names to numbers
twitter.com -> 168.143.162.52
5+ Million active users/clients
1000+ Enterprise clients
250,000+ Zones managed
100,000+ Domains registered
17 World-wide datacenters
Billions of queries per day
Billions of messages annually
Managed DNS & EmailIaaS(Infrastructure-as-a-Service)

We Polled the InternetWhat's the secret behind high-performance websites?
We asked for impulse responses via Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook…Followers delivered:
Content
Easy Search & Navigation
Content Delivery Networks (CDN’s)
The Idea
Solid CMS
SEO
User Experience (UX)
Redundant data centers
Monitoring and automation
Planning, planning, planning
Authentic, genuine
Storage
No downtime
Caching, compression
Power (servers, bandwidth)
Simple/Intuitive design
People, talent
Funding, VC money
E-Commerce Expo Preso w. Incutio – http://bit.ly/haQGvw

Ask and You Shall Receive… Twitter Q&A
RT @craigpsmith Content RT @DynInc "What's the secret behind high-performance websites?
RT @iamcarbon @kyork20 http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com
RT @andrewtoland No down time.
RT @Itdoug @kyork20 caching, cdn, file sizes. I've heard dns too, but I'll leave that to you.
RT @chrisgonyea @kyork20 If I didn't know better, I would think more power (servers, bandwidth, etc). Of course, there is much more to it than that.
RT @sandraproulx Keep design simple & intuitive.
RT @Wolfrage @kyork20 Planning, planning, planning?
RT @Kathleenschmidt @kyork20 simple format with easy access to accurate RELEVANT info. user-focused, usability, interactive, authentic, smart copy, no flash!

The Dynect Platform for Managed DNS
Managed Rock-Solid DNS
Global IP Anycast network
Active Failover: (disaster recovery)
Load Balancing: (weighted, round robin)
Global Routing: (regional rulesets, real-time)
CDN Control: (costs, testing, diversity)

Your Infrastructure & Why You Should Pay Attention to DNS
Amazon
Rackspace
GoGrid
Heroku
Azure
+
Load balance between your existing infrastructure and the cloud using DNS. We call it Dynect Traffic Management.
We’re Content Agnostic.

The Performance Network
Users in Europe go to Amazon EU, users in the Western USA go to GoGrid, users in the Eastern USA go to …
Palo Alto, CA Chicago, IL New York, NY (X2) Dallas, TX London Frankfurt Sydney Signapore
Los Angeles, CA Ashburn, VA Amsterdam (X2) Singapore Tokyo Hong Kong Miami

Performance is King: Use Cases
Uptime
Speed
Reliability
Redundancy
Diversity
Control
Monitoring
Automation
Reporting
Special thanks to monitoring partner Catchpoint

Users Expect Fast.

128.121.146.100
twitter.com
Web 2.0
Rapid growth
Scalability and reliability
Monitor and reduce outages
Unpredictable demands on infrastructure
http://dyn.com/enterprise/case-studies/twitter-case-study

Business of Change.

207.46.150.45
cnbc.com
Geographic Traffic Management
CDN Load Balancing, Cost Control
Performance-driven; NBCU IT leader http://bit.ly/aI0Ef9
Flexible, nimble, reactive partner
Custom Product Development
DNS experts: credible, stable and long-term partnership
CNBC Blog Post from High Scalability http://bit.ly/aI0Ef9

Failures Happen.

72.32.62.117
37signals.com
Redundancy, reliability and failover
Uptime at all times
Virtual company dependent on web systems
Sole customer interaction is online
Above average number of domains
Experts - Support
http://dyn.com/enterprise/case-studies/37signals-case-study

Internet Infrastructure (IaaS) DNS & Email Experts
http://dyn.com
@DynInc
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