Starting Point

Data is the foundation of Horizm’s business model, and it needed to restructure its platform to improve the reliability and scalability of the infrastructure. The technologies used by Horizm include PHP (Laravel) and MySQL.

Solution Developed

Migrate the Digital Ocean platform to AWS to achieve the required reliability and scalability. The services used were ALB, EC2, Aurora, SQS, Elasticache, CloudFront, EFS, and S3.

• • • Migration of all databases through Amazon RDS.
    • Migration to Aurora MySQL 8 to leverage horizontal autoscaling.
    • Development of a microservices-based model.
    • Horizontal scalability of the solution: application layer and data layer.
    • Data ingestion, processing, and storage systems.
    • Pipeline to deploy new versions of the application.

Outcomes of Project & Success Metrics

The restructuring resulted in a flexible platform capable of handling variable, fast, and highly available workloads, with a reduction in TCO and improved speed of service to the end user. The migration to AWS provided the increased reliability and scalability required.

Key Points of the Platform Migration

• • Increased Reliability: Enhanced platform reliability through AWS’s robust infrastructure.
  • Scalability: Achieved horizontal autoscaling with Aurora MySQL 8, allowing the system to handle varying loads seamlessly.
  • Improved Performance: Optimized data retrieval times and reduced latency using services like Elasticache and CloudFront.
  • Cost Efficiency: Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through optimized cloud infrastructure and resource management.