high performance and scalability

Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.Version 1.1

Adriaan Bloem, Sr Manager Online, MBC 07.03.2013 at Amplify MiamiJan Haderka, CEO Magnolia Czech

High Performance and Scalability

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Thursday, 7 March 2013

Version 1.1 Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.

TOC

IntroExpect the unexpectedScaling with MagnoliaBeyond MagnoliaQ & A

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Some things about Jan

Presently CEO of Magnolia CZ

In the past senior developer of Magnolia

In the distant past architect and developer on other CMSs

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Some things about Adriaan

Senior Manager OnlinePlatforms at MBC GroupPreviously CMS analystand consultantIn the distant past triedbuilding a CMS at auniversity

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The only good reason to build your own CMS, is to understand why you shouldn’t be

building your own CMS - Adriaan Bloem

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We like old-fashioned speed

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We like well-engineered speed

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We like scale, power, and speed

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MBC Group

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MBC Group

Founded in London in 1991, now based in Dubai

Largest broadcaster in the Middle East; ~165 million viewers, ~50% market share

Ten television channels, two radio; online, mobile

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Hit Shows: Arab Idol

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Hit Shows: Arabs Got Talent

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Online properties

MBC.net: entertainment portal

SHAHID.net: video on demandNas, WWE Arabia, Actionha, Shopping, …

Mobile applications

Connected devices. . .

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Version 1.1Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia

International Ltd.14



التطبيق الخاص بك ا$صات! - Some Lebanese Guy Sitting On A Mountain

With A Very Bad Mobile Connection

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A quick history of scaling the web

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Pre-2000: “baking” HTML

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Post-2005: “frying” dynamic scripts

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2013 onwards:

http://hsmaker.com/harlemshake.asp?url=http://www.mbc.net/ar/movies.html

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Harlem Shake: January 30th

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First follow-up: February 2nd

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Unstoppable Juggernaut

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Unstoppable, “the next Gangnam Style”...

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...February 13th:

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How do you cope with...

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Visitors expecting a perfect experienceEditors having to churn out as quick as possible



Magnolia architecture is very awesome. - Tariq S.

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Scaling up with Magnolia

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View from the top



Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end - Lewis

Carroll

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Author

Magnolia

Firewall

Activate

Internet

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Public A

Magnolia

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Public B

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Multiplication

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Author

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Magnolia

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Multiplication

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Multiplication

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Internal Network Internet


Specialization

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Specialization

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Public C

Magnolia or not

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User Generated Content



Clustering

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Public B

Magnolia

Public A

MagnoliaInternal Network

Clustered storage

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Know your content

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Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds -

George Santayana

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Where does your content live?

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home

news

new-ceo

london-office

record-quarter

events

conference-2013

talent-meetup

uk-meetup



Where does your content live?

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home

news

new-ceo

london-office

record-quarter

events

conference-2013

talent-meetup

uk-meetup

london-office

record-quarter

talent-meetup

new-ceo

uk-meetup

events 3

UK

london-office

uk-meetup

investor-relations

new-ceo

record-quarter

conference-2013

news 3UK 2



Performance Contributors

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If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be

imperiled in a hundred battles -

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System Design

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System Design

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Disk / SANCPU RAM Net



System Design

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Application server Database



System Design

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Repository configuration



System Design

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Magnolia configuration



System Design

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Templates and content structures



System Design

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Magnolia configurationTemplates and content structures


Monitoring


System Monitoring

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Monitoring


System Monitoring

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Monitoring



International Ltd.

Cache Monitor

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International Ltd.

Cache Monitor

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done



International Ltd.

Activation Monitor

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International Ltd.

Activation Monitor

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to be shipped



International Ltd.

Filter Monitor

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International Ltd.

Filter Monitor

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in development



International Ltd.

Rendering Engine Monitor

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International Ltd.

Rendering Engine Monitor

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... on a wish list



International Ltd.

Performance testing built in the process

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Beyond Magnolia

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MBC web audience...

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...and the internet backbone...

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Layers upon layersserved from several trays

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Q & A

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