case study shin

Shin Software improved security, customer experience and business continuity with AWS Aurora

Shin Software turned to Beta 80 Group to migrate their database infrastructure from a self-managed RDS MySQL instance to Amazon Aurora and ensure security, business continuity and a perfect customer experience.

Challenge

Shin Software has been experiencing significant growth in terms of platform adoption and user base. In response to this growth, and in an effort to continuously evolve its software and infrastructure to improve the service delivered, Shin Software made the strategic decision to migrate their current database setup from RDS for MySQL to AWS Aurora. This decision was made with our assistance and expertise.

Despite the current setup providing an optimal user experience, Shin Software proactively decided to transition to AWS Aurora in anticipation of future growth. AWS Aurora was chosen specifically for its ability to prevent potential challenges associated with rapid expansion.

The migration to AWS Aurora offers several key advantages that will significantly benefit Shin Software:

  • Scalability: AWS Aurora’s scalability features will allow the addition of more nodes to the cluster, thereby enhancing the maximum number of concurrent users that the system can support.
  • Performance: Even with the same server sizing, AWS Aurora outperforms RDS MySQL in terms of transactions and readings. This performance boost will ensure a smoother and more efficient user experience.
  • Operational Costs: The management of an RDS instance requires significant effort, particularly in terms of optimization tasks. In contrast, AWS Aurora simplifies these tasks, leading to a reduction in operational costs.

That's why it needed to equip itself with a cutting-edge database, based on the most modern technology available. A migration to a new technology was necessary to guarantee high performance (even in the case of massive use of the platform), faster performance and system security.



Solution

In collaboration with Shin Software, Beta 80 Group conducted a comprehensive analysis of their database needs and explored various migration options. Amazon Aurora emerged as the most strategic solution due to its:

High Performance and Scalability: AWS Aurora is renowned for its high performance, capable of handling more transactions, queries, and concurrent users than Amazon RDS for MySQL. It achieves lower latency and higher throughput, which is crucial for demanding workloads and large-scale applications.

Enhanced Durability and Availability: Aurora provides improved durability and 
availability compared to Amazon RDS for MySQL. It features a unique storage architecture that separates compute and storage layers, reducing I/O overhead and enhancing performance consistency. Additionally, Aurora's self-healing storage automatically repairs any disk failures, and the service is designed to replicate six copies of your data across three Availability Zones.

Compatibility and Ease of Migration: Aurora offers compatibility with MySQL, allowing for easy migration from Amazon RDS for MySQL with minimal code changes. This compatibility also enables the use of existing MySQL tools and 
applications without the need to learn new software or processes.

AWS Services involved: 

AWS Aurora; AWS Database Migration Service

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