How Samtec.com Uses Static Site Technology for Blazing Fast Speed
Over the last couple of years, Samtec.com has been transitioning from using database-driven content delivery to delivering a large portion of static content using a content-delivery-network.
While these newly-built pages are still populated using a content-management system, we layer a static site builder on top of them and bundle a lot of the script and CSS calls together to maximize their performance and speed.
These pages are also loaded directly from server memory which doesn’t require access to a database or heavy file storage systems. It is the quickest form of file access available with today’s web technology. This eliminates many previous bottlenecks compared to the traditional way of rendering webpages and loads pages 3-4x faster (sometimes even more). As the web evolves, you’ll see more and more websites using the same method.
When we began using this technology a couple of years ago as a pilot project, we only had a few pages built on it. Today, after the launch of our new product hierarchy we have nearly 500 (and growing), which is a large portion of the content and marketing pages of the website.
Here you can see a few examples. Pay attention to how quickly the page loads vs some of the more database-heavy pages on the site (we’re still working on these).
Static Pages
- https://www.samtec.com/high-speed-board-to-board/
- https://www.samtec.com/optics/systems/firefly
- https://www.samtec.com/high-speed-board-to-board/high-density-arrays/
- https://www.samtec.com/flex-stacking/
Database-Driven Pages
How Samtec Connectors Play a Role
Samtec offers a wide variety of products that make this kind of technology possible. These types of products support the ultra-high-speed data rates needed to deliver website content and information all over the world nearly instantly.
These are products such as those that support the PCI Express® Standard, High-Speed Cable Assemblies, Backplane Connectors, Optical Systems, Computer & Semiconductor Industry, and more.
Take a look at Samtec.com to get started, or contact any of our helpful product specialists and support groups to point you in the right direction.
Coming Soon to Samtec.com
That does it for now. Thanks for being a loyal reader of The Samtec Blog.
Here is what we’re currently working on, and a few other updates that are coming soon!
- An overhaul of our Pricing and Delivery system
- A major update to our on-site Search experience
- A major update to our Order Status system
- A major update to our Sample Status system
- Several user-experience updates for major website applications
- Performance and speed improvements
- And more!
