Scalable Digital Experience Delivered by Migrating Drupal Hosting to a Cloud-Based Solution

Our solution enabled the client to achieve system scalability in seconds while maintaining 99.9% application availability and configuring over 500 nodes.

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‍Uptime achieved, demonstrating the platform’s reliability

‍Maximize resource efficiency and optimal performance achieved.

About the Client

Our client is one of the leading content management solution companies. It serves the world’s most ambitious brands and embraces design and innovation to accelerate their digital growth. Its Agile Content Management Systems are used by companies and developers involved in strategizing, building, and optimizing digital experiences.

Challenge

One of the leading Drupal hosting providers in the UK wanted to leverage cloud-native architecture to enable a digital strategy that supports faster go-to-market and better operational efficiencies. The client wanted to enable more dynamic and granular scalability for managing applications and supporting their performance requirements while consuming existing infrastructure effectively and utilizing available resources instead of paying more for cloud services.

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Solutions Implemented

Successive Digital partnered with the client to modernize their core infrastructure—enabling seamless migration, cloud-native scalability, and efficient workload management. The transformation initiative focused on building a high-performance, containerized ecosystem with Kubernetes at the core. The client was empowered to manage large-scale operations through automation, unified deployment, and advanced observability while improving cost efficiency, system reliability, and developer productivity.

Developed a Robust In-House Infrastructure

‍Successive Digital assisted the client in establishing a robust in-house infrastructure to facilitate seamless migration and proficient operations. With extensive expertise in designing, deploying, and operating large Kubernetes clusters, we enabled the client to leverage greater portability through a container-based architecture. This setup allowed for the rapid provisioning of required resources, meeting scaling requirements efficiently. Load balancers were configured on over 500 nodes, 14,000 pods, and 50,000 container services to enhance performance and availability.

Enhanced Scalability and Cloud-Native Application Development

‍We enabled the client to adopt a more responsive and scalable solution with Kubernetes, supporting cloud-native application development and management. The implementation of dynamic scaling and a microservices-based architecture improved scalability. Automated CI/CD pipelines facilitated efficient application rollouts, accelerating feature deployment. This infrastructure allowed the client to respond swiftly to changing demands, ensuring robust performance and operational efficiency.

Unified Deployment Processes and Enhanced Observability

‍Successive Digital unified deployment processes, set up self-healing pods, and centralized monitoring and logging metrics, significantly reducing operational and system administration costs. This approach provided better visibility over resource utilization and service health, enabling proactive management. The infrastructure was deployed following best practices, including Terraform, enhancing developer productivity and reducing errors. End-to-end security measures ensured secure rollouts, while the improved observability offered comprehensive insights into system performance and health.

Automated Resource Optimization and Cost Governance

We implemented intelligent autoscaling and resource quota policies to optimize compute and memory usage across clusters. By integrating cloud cost governance tools, the client gained better control over infrastructure spending without compromising on performance or availability.

Improved Developer Experience and Workflow Agility

A developer-friendly ecosystem was built using container orchestration, centralized secrets management, and role-based access controls. This improved the development cycle, reduced manual interventions, and allowed engineering teams to deliver enhancements faster and with higher confidence.

Streamlined Incident Management and Business Continuity

Successive Digital set up automated incident detection with real-time alerting and failover strategies to maintain high availability. Disaster recovery protocols and runbooks were standardized to ensure uninterrupted business operations during system anomalies or outages.

Outcome

Providing results that exceeded the client’s expectations

Configured a robust cluster with over 500 nodes, providing the necessary infrastructure to support large-scale operations and high performance.

Achieved up to 95% utilization of the updated infrastructure, maximizing resource efficiency and ensuring optimal performance.

Successfully maintained an SLA uptime of nearly 99.9%, demonstrating the platform’s reliability and commitment to high service standards.

Increased productivity by 60%, allowing the client to achieve greater output and efficiency in their operations.

“Partnering with Successive Digital was a game-changer for us. They helped us rebuild our entire Drupal hosting infrastructure on AWS Kubernetes, making it more scalable, resilient, and easier to manage. Their expertise in cloud-native architecture allowed us to reduce downtime, improve performance, and serve our customers with greater reliability."

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