Use case

Migrating to AWS Graviton RDS for 25% Cost Savings and 20% Faster Queries

About the Customer

The customer is a platform dedicated to securing the software supply chain. It provides features such as code assurance, tamper-proof evidence documentation, visibility into anomalies, and seamless operation. Leveraging advanced concepts and frameworks, the platform ensures security of code artifacts throughout the software lifecycle, from production to delivery.

Customer Challenge

The organization faced challenges with increasing costs and limited performance capabilities of their existing x86-based RDS instances. As the database workloads grew, there was a critical need for an optimized solution to enhance scalability, cost efficiency, and performance.

Solution

IAMOPS implemented a migration strategy to AWS Graviton-based RDS instances, utilizing ARM-based architecture to improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency. Leveraging Graviton2’s processing power, the solution aimed to enhance query execution speed, reduce operational costs, and enable scalability.

Results & Benefits

The migration to Graviton-based RDS instances provided several advantages:

  • Performance Improvements: 20% increase in query processing speeds and 30% reduction in latency.

  • Cost Savings: A 25% reduction in operational costs was achieved.

  • Scalability: The infrastructure’s enhanced capacity supports growth without additional hardware investments.

  • Security Enhancements: Improved encryption and memory management features strengthened database security.

About IAMOPS

IAMOPS is a full DevOps suite company that supports technology companies to achieve intense production readiness.

Our mission is to ensure that our clients’ infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines are scalable, mitigate failure points, optimize performance, ensure uptime, and minimize costs.

Our DevOps suite includes DevOps Core, NOC 24/7, FinOps, QA Automation, and DevSecOps to accelerate overall exponential growth.

As an AWS Advanced Tier Partner and Reseller, we focus on two key pillars: Professionalism by adhering to best practices and utilizing advanced technologies, Customer Experience with responsiveness, availability, clear project management, and transparency to provide an exceptional experience for our clients.

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