Performance Rescue of a Legacy Integration Platform

The Challenge

The company's website relied on an older integration that synchronised property data with external villa operators.

The integration had been implemented within the main web server using legacy technology and was causing significant performance issues.

Memory leaks and inefficient processing meant the system regularly degraded website performance and occasionally required manual restarts to restore stability.

The Approach

I analysed the existing integration to understand how it interacted with the website and external platforms.

Rather than attempting to patch the existing implementation, I designed a new standalone API service that could handle the integration workload independently of the main website.

This approach allowed the data exchange processes to run efficiently without impacting the performance of the public-facing platform.

Key Solutions Delivered

• Development of a new .NET API service responsible for synchronising property data with third-party villa operators.
• Separation of the integration workload from the main website infrastructure.
• Improved handling of data processing and memory usage to eliminate instability.
• Implementation of a cleaner, more maintainable architecture for ongoing integration work.

The Outcome

The new API service removed the performance bottleneck affecting the website and eliminated the need for manual restarts.

By separating integration workloads from the main web platform, the system became more stable, maintainable, and easier to extend as new integrations were added.