A global venture capitalist seamlessly migrated from DigitalOcean DB to AWS RDS.

About Customer

A venture capitalist based in Dubai, the organization works as an incubator that fuels and empowers startups, early-stage ventures, and growth-focused companies.

Problem Statement

Database hosted on DigitalOcean had scalability limitations, making it challenging to handle the ever-growing volume of data and rapidly rising user traffic.
As the database size exceeded 1 TB, customers encountered performance issues like slow query response times and database downtime, significantly impacting user experience and application reliability.
Managing the database infrastructure on Digital Ocean demanded substantial time and resources from the engineering team, including tasks like backups, updates, and monitoring, adding to operational overhead.

Solution Offered!

Migrated the existing database from Digital Ocean to Amazon RDS with zero downtime and no data loss.
Enabled scalable and high-performance database instances with Amazon RDS, allowing them to handle the growing workload and ensure optimal performance for the applications.
End-to-end encrypted backup automation with Multi-AZ support.
Patching and scaling were also automated, freeing up resources to focus on core business activities.
Setup multi-AZ deployments and built-in monitoring tools with AmazonRDS, enabling enhanced data security, reliability, and performance.

Final Outcomes

An overall 30-40% infrastructure and operational cost reduction was achieved.
A 100% minimization of the time and effort required by the team to maintain and scale the database infrastructure enabling them to focus on core activities.
Completely resolved the scalability and performance issues faced by the application.