Server monitoring is a vital part of Gossamer Threads’ hosting platform. Recently, we updated our Gossamer Eye monitoring system to keep up with the growth of our server racks. While we’d made plenty of modifications to that system to match growth in the past, we realised this time that we were passing a benchmark number of servers and needed a ground-up reconstruction of our monitoring system. Here’s how we rebuilt Gossamer Eye…
Gossamer Threads is excited to announce that we’re now the hosting partner for the One Laptop Per Child project, a unique not-for-profit group dedicated to giving children in the developing world better access to education by designing and distributing unique, low-cost laptops. In addition to hosting OLPC, GT is helping them optimize their site performance and monitor server load. Learn more about this great organization after the cut.
Aeroplan is Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program. Enabling millions of members to earn and redeem Aeroplan Miles, Aeroplan works with more than 75 partners in the financial, retail, and travel sectors. Aeroplan’s internal servers process approximately 6000 transactions every day, and an operation of this size needed a reliable and rock-solid hosting solution. In close collaboration with Aeroplan’s techs, Gossamer Host mapped out an extra-redundant server cluster custom-fitted for their internal operations.
The Tyee is a politics and culture magazine dedicated to covering events here in British Columbia, Canada. In the fast-paced world of news coverage, being able to deliver your content to your readers as quickly and clearly as possible is key. That’s why The Tyee uses Bricolage to manage their workflow.
Home Services Engine manages a massive, Gossamer Links-powered database of over 800,000 home service listings which allows its users to find the type of business they’re looking for in their neighborhood.
Delivering search results relevant to a user’s location quickly when you’re dealing with 7 gigabytes worth of listings from across the United States is no easy task, but Home Services Engine manages to return local businesses quickly and efficiently every time. Here’s how they do it, and how Gossamer Threads helped.