How to Travel Smart Replacing Cache

KAYAK, a leading travel search engine, has replaced ehcache and memcache with Aerospike to support its global expansion and growth. The company uses Aerospike's low latency and cost-effective scaling features to put relevant offers in front of users when they are buying tickets and planning their trips. KAYAK runs Aerospike on bare metal servers with direct attached Intel Solid State Drives (SSDs) and synchronizes two clusters in US and European data centers using Aerospike Cross Data Center Replication (XDR). This has resulted in reliable performance with no downtime. By leveraging the speed of RAM and the economics of flash, KAYAK aims to disrupt online travel profit margins and business models.