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)
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)