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Scaling DevOps & Performance for MobileSentrix

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MobileSentrix, a leading e-commerce platform for mobile parts and repair tools, serves a dynamic customer base.

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Client Overview

MobileSentrix, a leading e-commerce platform for mobile parts and repair tools, serves a dynamic customer base. With frequent flash sales and seasonal promotions, they needed an infrastructure that could handle sudden traffic surges, ensure uptime, and streamline deployments.

Their existing DigitalOcean setup struggled with scalability, security, and operational efficiency, prompting a migration to AWS for better performance and automation.

Challenges

The system faced significant challenges during traffic spikes and downtimes. It failed to scale during flash sales, leading to slow performance and frequent downtime. With the capability to handle only 100 requests per second, the system fell far short of peak-season demand. Deployment processes also posed issues, as manual deployments often caused downtime during releases. The absence of a CI/CD pipeline resulted in delays and inconsistencies, hindering the development and deployment workflow.

Security gaps further added to the complexity. The lack of automated security checks left vulnerabilities exposed, and the manual, slow, and reactive approach to security testing made it difficult to ensure robust protection. Monitoring and logging were insufficient, with no centralized monitoring system in place. This made troubleshooting slow and complex, while scattered logs delayed root cause analysis.

Database and performance issues added another layer of difficulty. The 300GB MySQL database hosted on DigitalOcean lacked reliability and was not supported by a high-availability setup, increasing the risk of data loss. Migration to a more stable platform was complex, requiring a transition from DigitalOcean to AWS. Despite these challenges, the migration was successfully executed with zero data loss and minimal downtime.

Solution

To address the challenges, a seamless migration from DigitalOcean to AWS was executed using a zero-downtime migration strategy. This involved leveraging AWS EC2, Route53, S3, and Elastic Load Balancer, ensuring enhanced scalability and reliability. The infrastructure was optimized to handle 1,000 requests per second, providing stability during peak-season demand. This was achieved by implementing auto-scaling groups and load balancers for dynamic traffic management.

A zero-downtime CI/CD pipeline was established using AWS CodePipeline, incorporating blue-green deployments. This standardized pipeline enabled faster and more consistent releases. Advanced security and compliance were ensured by integrating tools like SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, and detect-secrets for automated vulnerability detection. Secure coding practices and automated security checks were enforced within the CI/CD pipeline.

Centralized monitoring and logging were implemented using New Relic for real-time performance tracking and logging. This reduced incident resolution time by 40% through automated alerts and unified logs. Load testing and performance optimization were carried out using JMeter to simulate peak loads and optimize server configurations. This improved response times by 30% under heavy traffic.

To ensure high availability, the 300GB MySQL database was migrated to a Galera Cluster, providing fault tolerance and enabling real-time data replication. This migration guaranteed zero data loss while ensuring a robust and scalable database setup.

Results & Business Impact

  • 10X Scalability:
    Easily handles
    1,000+ requests/second, eliminating downtime during sales.

  • Zero-Downtime Deployments:
    Faster releases without disruptions, improving
    developer efficiency.

  • Enhanced Security:
    Automated
    threat detection & compliance minimized vulnerabilities.

  • Improved System Visibility:
    40% faster incident resolution with centralized monitoring.

  • Revenue Growth:
    Scalable infrastructure enabled
    seamless flash sales, boosting revenue.

  • Developer Productivity:
    Automated deployments freed up teams for innovation & feature development.

  • Reliable Database:
    Galera Cluster ensured fault tolerance & high availability.

Conclusion

By partnering with SquareOps, MobileSentrix successfully migrated from DigitalOcean to AWS, gaining scalability, security, and operational efficiency. Their new cloud infrastructure ensures seamless e-commerce experiences, peak-season reliability, and long-term growth.

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About The Partner

SquareOps is a one-stop solution for any enterprise, regardless of size or industry, that wants to grow by taking advantage of the benefits of cloud-native platforms. We are a team of passionate engineers helping businesses set up the right processes and culture of DevOps for different verticals. We help developers understand best practices for coding, security as a basic need, and building pipelines for easy deployments. Our service model feature is a big differentiator from our competitors in the market, as we offer services at affordable prices.

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