SMRTR ProgrammingJan 29, 2026Daily.dev

Agoda’s secret to 50x scale: Getting the database basics right

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Agoda's 50x traffic spike overwhelmed their ScyllaDB feature store, with SATA SSDs causing second-long latencies. NVMe upgrades delivered 50-60x performance improvement, resolving the bottleneck.

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