A Case Study on Fully Managed Database Using AWS

Core India is a part of CORRE Group of Companies, one of the leading conglomerates in India. They deal with construction material and specialize in real estate. To serve their clients they maintained a database in their IT infrastructure. As their business grew, it became important for them to have a database solution which was fully managed and open source like MySQL, hence RDS for MySQL.

WHY MIGRATE TO AWS

Core India has a very simple IT infrastructure. An application server in the frontend and a database server in the backend. All of it is on-premise. Due to their business expansion, their database started to become their pain point. The first was the size of the data. It became difficult and inefficient from a costing perspective to store such a growing volume of data in a database. The computer was not enough to handle queries from multiple locations. Apart from this their backup solution was taking up space in the disk attached to the server. This added more huddle to their storage issue. There were no failover solutions and the security needed to be improved. They also needed a solution that is managed so that it can reduce a huge part of their workload to handle the database usage.

POST MIGRATING TO​ AWS

Infiflex successfully guided CORE INDIA through the migration of their database to Amazon RDS for MySQL and their application server to AWS EC2. With the expert support from Infiflex and AWS, the migration was completed swiftly and smoothly, resulting in a hassle-free experience for CORE INDIA. Once the development team connected to the Amazon RDS database, the issue of downtime virtually disappeared. Now, CORE INDIA relies on Amazon RDS as the cornerstone of their IT infrastructure, with Infiflex continuing to provide ongoing support and solutions.

Leveraging the power of Amazon RDS for MySQL and EC2, Infiflex enabled CORE INDIA to significantly enhance its ability to manage and scale its database in the cloud. CORE INDIA has benefited from several RDS features, such as read replicas, storage auto-scaling, multi-AZ deployments, database proxies, and automated snapshots.

The storage auto-scaling feature allowed them to efficiently manage their growing data without worrying about capacity constraints. The use of read replicas optimized performance by reducing the load on the primary database, allowing multiple users to conduct data analysis simultaneously without any lag.

For backup and recovery, Infiflex helped CORE INDIA implement automated snapshots, which has proven to be a reliable solution for ensuring data protection. The multi-AZ deployment added another layer of resilience, ensuring high availability in case of any database failures. As a fully managed service, RDS has also reduced operational overheads, freeing CORE INDIA's team to focus on strategic initiatives. Thanks to the tailored AWS solutions provided by Infiflex, CORE INDIA now enjoys a scalable, robust, and fully managed database infrastructure that perfectly meets their business needs.

BENEFITS OF AWS RDS for MySQL

1. Increases up time by 99.99% with the help of multi-AZ.
2. Improved scalability both in terms of computing and storage
3. Reliability
4. Auto Backup