Tag: Redis

SignalR, Azure and Scaleout

Recently Resgrid started utilizing SignalR to allow real-time updates to clients. If your unfamiliar with SignalR is a server/client Web Socket framework giving an easy API for Microsoft backend server solutions (like MVC, ASP.Net, etc) to utilize Web Sockets. Resgrid has a fairly simple infrastructure: Dual Azure Web App instances for web and api, backend
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Azure CPU Linear Growth/Ramp Up Issue

Recently Resgrid experienced an issue with our backend cloud service web role instances. After a deployment our CPU, in all instances, would ramp up from a normal of around 10% to over 90% stay there for a while then ‘reset’ back to 10% and begin the process again. Above is a screen shot of the
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Taking Google’s Services for Granted

Recently I was on boarding a large department into Resgrid which is a cloud service company, SaaS deployed on Microsoft Azure, providing logistics and management tools to first responder organizations like volunteer fire, career fire, EMS, search and rescue, public safety, disaster relief organizations, etc. It was founded in late 2012 by myself and Jason
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