158 orders per second

    Many remember the times when 20 hits per second seemed like a big load on the server, only the coolest websites had this, but now everything has changed. The infrastructure of modern e-commerce giants is amazing: data centers, replication, load balancing, payment processing, order processing, cloud computing, etc. All this is necessary in order to withstand the load of 158 orders per second at the peak of mass shopping , as it was on Monday November 29, 2010 (Cyber ​​Monday) on Amazon.com .

    In one day, Amazon shipped over 9 million products to 178 countries.

    Of course, on this day Amazon set a historic sales record. In total, on November 29, $ 1.028 billion worth of goods were bought in American online stores , and thanks to its infrastructure, Amazon received a good share of the holiday cake.

    Kindle Wi-Fi and Kindle 3G were the most popular items at the largest online store, with the Kindle 3G overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the list of the most popular items in Amazon's history.

    For some other product groups, the bestseller list looks like this.

    Electronics
    Kindle Wi-Fi
    Kindle 3G
    Apple iPod touch 8GB

    Toys
    Scrabble Flash Cubes
    board game Qwirkle
    constructor LEGO Ultimate Building Set

    Video Games and Iron
    Call of Duty: Black Ops
    Just Dance 2,
    Donkey Kong Country Returns

    Movies
    “Beginning”
    “The Invisible Side”
    “Toy Story 3”

    E-books
    John Grisham. "Confession" by
    George W. Bush. Memoirs of Tipping Points by
    Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken

    Software
    Anime Studio Debut 7
    Manga Studio Debut 4
    Adobe Photoshop Elements 9

    Mobile Devices
    Samsung Captivate (Android)
    HTC DROID INCREDIBLE (Android)
    Motorola DROID X (Android)

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