How Scaling Infrastructure Migrations Save Companies Millions and Prevent System Failures

The Problem

Growing technology companies inevitably face critical infrastructure challenges as their systems scale. When a leading technology company's platform dependencies—including Splunk log management, Apigee API management, and Heroku hosting—begin to strain under growth, operational costs soar, flexibility diminishes, and system reliability becomes unpredictable. The company's infrastructure was becoming increasingly expensive to maintain and difficult to optimize for performance at scale.

Why It Hurts

When infrastructure inefficiencies go unaddressed, the consequences compound rapidly. The company's Splunk clusters were struggling to handle growing log volumes, creating blind spots in system visibility. Their Apigee-based API management was consuming significant budget while limiting the flexibility needed to evolve their platform. The Heroku-hosted Ruby on Rails applications couldn't be customized for their specific needs, and operational costs continued climbing. More critically, without proper infrastructure optimization, the risk of outages, data loss, and degraded performance threatened business continuity. The longer the company delayed modernization, the more expensive and disruptive the eventual transition would become.

The Solution

DevObsessed engaged a highly skilled Platform Engineer to architect and execute a comprehensive infrastructure modernization strategy. The approach involved three coordinated migrations, each designed to enhance reliability, reduce costs, and improve operational control.

First, the team built and operated multiple Splunk clusters on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), providing a scalable log management foundation that could grow with the company's expanding data volumes. By leveraging GCP's infrastructure, the Splunk deployment gained elasticity and cost efficiency that the legacy setup could never achieve.

Second, the entire API ecosystem was migrated from Apigee to Kong, a more flexible and cost-effective API gateway solution. This migration was executed with zero downtime, ensuring continuous service to customers throughout the transition. Kong provided the customization options and cost savings the company needed without sacrificing functionality.

Third, 17 Ruby on Rails applications were migrated from Heroku to GCP, giving the company complete control over their infrastructure while reducing operational expenses. Each migration was carefully orchestrated to minimize risk and ensure service continuity. The result was a modern, scalable infrastructure that aligned with the company's growth trajectory and strategic objectives, significantly reducing costs while improving performance and reliability across all systems.