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Having a flash sale or a product launch? Especially if you are launching limited-time pricing or inventory, Aspenware very highly recommends, almost mandates, scaling for these scenarios. We define a flash sale as a short period of time where your resort will be driving 300% more traffic to your e-commerce site than is typical (i.e. a product launch, a pass sales price deadline, a high volume special event that sells out quickly, etc.) Please take the following steps at least 7 business days prior to the flash sale to notify and work with your Aspenware representative to ensure your site has the proper Azure tier for the sale and product configuration questions answered ahead of the sale.
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IMPORTANT: If you determine that autoscaling (detailed below) is not sufficient to handle your upcoming sale, working with Aspenware to further scale your Azure resources for a temporary period will incur /wiki/spaces/DB/pages/768704654 fees. (typically between 1- 3 hrs) |
Prerequisite Checklist
Get your Azure environment set up for autoscale (will cover you most of the time)
Determine if you need to scale your site for this event by looking at data and answering key questions.
Determine the specifics of your flash sale and email Aspenware at ski-support@aspenware.com at least 7 business days in advance of any flash sale.
If Queue-it is used, update safety net max user redirects following Aspenware’s confirmation of scaling.
1. Get your Azure environment set up for autoscale (will cover you most of the time)
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HINT: If you aren’t already set up for auto-scaling in Azure, you should be. Talk to your Aspenware Representative about configuring this in Azure along with alerting today. However, there are some situations where even auto-scaling doesn’t cover you. This article highlights scenarios where you should be considering Azure intervention beyond auto-scaling for specific very high traffic events.
Work with your Aspenware Representative to complete the following
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For more details on scaling considerations, check out this Release Guide.
For more details on Queue-It, check out this Release Guide /wiki/spaces/AIKB/pages/743735512.