Crisol - Scalability and performance for Peru's leading e-commerce
Location
Peru
Industry
Retail / E-commerceSolution
Cloud Modernization and Performance OptimizationTechnology(ies)
Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon S3, AWS CloudFormation
Company
Librerías Crisol, a renowned Peruvian chain with the widest range of cultural and entertainment products, faced a technological challenge: its online store could not handle traffic peaks or the national expansion of its digital catalog.
Together with Amber, Crisol migrated and implemented a scalable cloud architecture on AWS, optimizing performance, availability, and customer experience during high-demand seasons like Black Friday and back-to-school campaigns.
Challenge
Crisol's e-commerce platform suffered from frequent outages, slow load times, and high operational costs.
Its extensive catalog and on-premise infrastructure limitations created bottlenecks that affected both online sales and brand perception.
Our proposal
Amber designed and implemented a modern cloud architecture on AWS, with high availability, autoscaling, and resource optimization.
The goal: ensure consistent performance, smooth experience, and reduced operational costs, even during peak traffic moments.
Key technology components:
- Amazon EC2 and AWS Auto Scaling: Elastic infrastructure that automatically responds to demand.
- Amazon RDS: Relational database optimized for large volumes of simultaneous queries.
- Amazon CloudFront: Global CDN to accelerate delivery of static and dynamic content.
- Amazon S3: Storage for files, images, and product catalog.
- AWS CloudFormation: Automated and replicable architecture deployment.
Implementation process
The project was developed in four main phases, applying agile methodology to build a scalable solution on AWS.
Phase 1: Discovery
Requirements gathering and bottleneck diagnosis to define scalability and performance goals for e-commerce.
Phase 2: Design and development (Cloud Modernization)
Design and implementation of AWS architecture with EC2, Auto Scaling, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and CloudFormation for elastic and automated infrastructure.
Phase 3: Validation and performance optimization
Load testing and adjustments to achieve high query speed, latency reduction, and operational cost optimization.
Phase 4: Launch and scalable operation
Production deployment with 99.9% availability, supporting 1,000+ queries/minute and average response times of ~180 ms.
Technical and business results
- 1,000+ queries per minute without interruptions.
- 80% reduction in query times.
- 180 ms average response time.
- 99.9% availability, even during national traffic peaks.
Operational and commercial impact
- Higher conversion and customer satisfaction thanks to faster navigation.
- Operational spending optimization by scaling only on demand.
- Smooth omnichannel experience, integrating physical and online stores.
- Infrastructure ready for regional expansion.
Testimonials
Sulma Hernández Operations Director, CognosOnline
"The implementation of crisol.com.pe has enabled great national coverage thanks to the level of scaling and availability achieved with Amazon Web Services. We have improved the user experience when searching for cultural entertainment, with a faster and more reliable site."
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