In the current situation, VKontakte, a social network, commented on the lack of server capacity due to sanctions and the withdrawal many foreign companies off the Russian market.
Alexander Tobol, VKontakte’s technical director, stated that the company has a double supply server resources. This is vital, since the social network is experiencing an ever-growing load.
“We have a variety of suppliers that we work with and manage the situation. Stock levels are at least twice that of our competitors. [серверных мощностей]While our developers are constantly optimizing, we are able to withstand all loads currently available for at least a year.”, – TASS quotes the statements of Mr. Tobol.
VKontakte should be able continue to operate as normal for at least one year.We make services more efficient on resources which allows us serve larger audiences with existing resources.Alexander Tobol also added “,
He also mentioned that the social network purchased the vk.rudomain name to protect users and prevent phishing. This domain was owned by Vernost Kachestvo LLC since 1999.