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AWS Infrastructure Management & Upgrades for Marketing Firm

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services • Managed IT Services • IT Consulting

Industry

Advertising & Marketing

Duration

29 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 August 2019

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

India

Project Summary

Trigma acted as the marketing firm's IT support to manage and upgrade 10 AWS servers. They modernized the environment by recommending database separation (SQL and Mongo), reconfiguring server types, and implementing auto-scaling. The upgrades improved database performance and made server management and monitoring significantly easier; the team was effective and timely overall.

Key Challenges

Required 24/7 monitoring for 10 AWS servers.
Need to upgrade outdated servers to support new features and AWS products.
Implement auto-scaling and optimize server roles by workload.

Project Deliverables

Upgrade plan and environment migration
Auto-scaling implementation
Separation of servers by database type (SQL and MongoDB)
Reconfiguration of general-purpose servers to optimize CPU/memory
Improved monitoring setup

Project Solution

Trigma was engaged to manage production AWS servers and provide continuous support. They assessed the outdated environment, planned and executed server upgrades, designed a new environment that separated database servers (SQL and MongoDB) from general-purpose servers, and implemented auto-scaling and streamlined configurations. They provided a dedicated project manager and support staff, with occasional involvement from senior technical leadership and an SQL database expert.

Project Outcome

Databases were smoothed and performance improved.
Managing servers became significantly easier.
Server monitoring was made simpler.
The vendor maintained effective communication and met deadlines despite some hiccups.

Platforms

Cloud

Tech Stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
MongoDB
SQL

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Trigma did everything as expected. They were quite effective and timely with their deliverables, as well. They handled hiccups wonderfully, thanks to their extensive experience in AWS, thorough workflow, and insightful suggestions.”
Radhika Wangoo
Content Writer
Date: 02/26/2022