Migrating for Scalability & Reliability in AWS

Customer Profile 

Region: South Asia

Vertical: Steel Industry

AWS Migration and Modernization Competency

The Challenge – Aging IT infrastructure with high maintenance costs and limited scalability

The client faced significant challenges with its outdated on-premises infrastructure. The aging servers increased maintenance costs and posed significant downtime risks, hindering the company’s operational efficiency and growth potential. The inflexible infrastructure could not scale with the company’s ambitions, necessitating a comprehensive modernization approach.

  • Increased Maintenance Costs: Older equipment became more expensive to maintain.
  • Downtime Risks: System failures and outages threatened operations.
  • Limited Growth: Inflexible infrastructure couldn’t scale with the company’s ambitions.

The Solution – Strategic multi-phased migration to AWS with Matilda Cloud

Matilda Cloud conducted a thorough assessment of the client’s diverse infrastructure, revealing underutilized resources and identifying the optimal migration strategy. The approach included a combination of rehosting, transitioning to managed services, and retaining specific applications on-premises. This strategy ensured a secure, cost-effective, and scalable cloud environment.

  • Rehosting (14 instances): Lift-and-shift migration of Windows and CentOS instances to AWS.
  • Platform as a Service (11 instances): Transitioning applications to managed services like AWS RDS for MSSQL.
  • Retain (7 instances): Keeping specific applications on-premises due to suitability and dependencies.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Standardized cloud setup across all instances.
  • Security and Cost Optimization: Ensured a secure and cost-effective environment.

Results

  • Reduced Costs: Eliminated hardware upkeep with a pay-as-you-go model.
  • Improved Scalability: Flexible resource adaptation for business growth.
  • Enhanced Reliability: Built-in redundancies minimized downtime risks.
  • Financial Impact: Significant cost savings with 1-year and 3-year reserved instances