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Infrastructure and CDN Optimization for Sports Livestreaming Platform

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services

Industry

Gaming

Duration

2 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 August 2020

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

71/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

San Juan Capistrano, United States of America

Project Summary

A sports livestreaming platform engaged Softobiz to diagnose and fix infrastructure bottlenecks. Softobiz resolved CMS, code, database, server and CDN issues and optimized AWS Auto Scaling, which substantially reduced hosting costs. However, they could not resolve core streaming problems because their expertise was in Wowza Streaming Cloud rather than Wowza Streaming Engine. The engagement ran from August to October 2020.

Key Challenges

Need for Wowza Streaming Engine expertise to handle streams exceeding 1,000 viewers.
High AWS hosting costs that required optimization and Auto Scaling tuning.

Project Deliverables

CMS fixes
Code fixes
AWS Auto Scaling configuration and optimization
CDN optimization and server configuration
Database and server infrastructure fixes

Project Solution

Softobiz audited the client's infrastructure to find bottlenecks, performed CMS and code fixes, implemented and tuned AWS Auto Scaling, and optimized the CDN and server configuration. They also worked on database and server infrastructure remediation. They were unable to resolve the platform's Wowza Streaming Engine issues because their experience was with Wowza Streaming Cloud rather than Wowza Streaming Engine.

Project Outcome

Reduced the client's AWS bill from $20,000 per month to $12,000 per month.
Resolved database and server infrastructure issues and improved CDN performance.
Could not resolve Wowza Streaming Engine streaming issues due to lack of vendor expertise in that product.
Vendor performed some additional tasks free of charge, improving overall value.

Platforms

Tech Stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

3.38

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to the team's cloud expertise, the client's AWS bill went down by $4,000. However, Softobiz Technologies didn't have the skills to solve the client's streaming issues. Although the team could've been more transparent, they made the project as fruitful as possible, which was appreciated.”
Anonymous
Lead Software Engineer
Date: 03/23/2021