Case Studies
Contextin Powers 10 Billion Real-Time Pricing Decisions Per Day Using the Aerospike NoSQL Database and Key-Value Store
Overview
Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Databases | |
Software | |
Business Operation Sales & Marketing | |
Real-Time Location System (RTLS) | |
System Integration | |
Operational Impact
Contextin uses the Aerospike database to respond to queries by combining real-time data with information from the other data management and business intelligence systems it has deployed. | |
Aerospike’s ability to conduct read and write transactions within 5 milliseconds helps Contextin power more than 10 billion pricing decisions per day. | |
In addition to providing reliable real-time performance, the Aerospike database automatically manages itself, minimizing the demands on Contextin’s IT team. | |
Quantitative Benefit
Aerospike demonstrated sub-millisecond latency and the ability to process queries consistently within 5 milliseconds. | |
Aerospike was able to horizontally scale to 100,000 QPS per each server in the cluster. | |
Contextin was able to move into full production in less than two months. | |