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Nerve Success Story
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Consumer Goods
Applicable Functions
- Sales & Marketing
Use Cases
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Data Science Services
The Challenge
Nerve.com, an online dating and content site, wanted to build a new type of dating app that used social content and conversations to mimic dating interactions in the physical world. They planned to use the latest web app technologies, using a Nodestack deployment of Node.js application servers and MongoDB databases. However, they wanted to remain focused on building apps and not waste time maintaining and administering databases, application servers and hardware. They didn't have any dedicated systems administration specialists nor did they want any. Data reliability and security were paramount for the site. The real-time nature of interactions on social.nerve.com required instantaneous response times from both the database and the application server to keep users happy. To maintain both performance and reliability would require excellent support and uptime.
About The Customer
Nerve.com is an online dating and content site that has always pushed the envelope with its edgy approach to dating, sex and social issues. In 2011, the company decided to continue pushing the envelope by building an entirely new type of dating app that used social content and conversations to more closely mimic dating interactions in the physical world. The company is based in New York, NY and has a small development team. They wanted to concentrate their development and tech work on building apps and did not have any dedicated systems administration specialists nor did they want any.
The Solution
Nerve deployed social.nerve.com with a Node.js appliance running SmartOS on the Joyent Cloud and MongoLab’s MongoDB-as-a-Service platform. The Nodestack combination allowed Nerve to deploy a full development environment quickly and then convert seamlessly into a production environment that can scale effortlessly and automatically. Nerve was able to attain these benefits without requiring significant DevOps investments and while achieving higher uptime and reliability than they could by running their infrastructure themselves. On Joyent, the Nerve team was able to stand up and configure its Node.js application systems without any difficulties. After exploring MongoLab and testing the service, Nerve moved its primary data storage for social.nerve.com onto the MongoLab service.
Operational Impact
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