Introduction
Tablein is an application that allows users to discover and book the best restaurants in Lithuania and around the world. As the application grew in popularity, with an increasing number of restaurants and users, it faced significant scaling challenges.
The Challenge
The primary challenge for Tablein was enabling their Lithuania-developed application to operate globally, handling a vast geography of users and a high volume of system queries. The servers, located in Lithuania, were underperforming due to the massive data flow, leading to unsatisfactory response times.
The Solution
Moterra, a premier provider of managed cloud services, was brought on board to facilitate the migration to AWS. The process included a thorough initial assessment, planning for long-term, irreversible changes, and a “Lift & Shift” migration strategy. However, Moterra went beyond traditional migration by implementing a serverless database and other optimizations that significantly enhanced performance without the need for major code overhauls.
The Outcome
The collaboration between Tablein and Moterra for the AWS migration project resulted in transformative outcomes, underpinning the application’s global scalability and performance:
- Performance Improvement: Post-migration testing revealed a 50% reduction in database query response times, significantly enhancing the user experience for restaurant bookings worldwide.
- Scalability Achieved: The application’s ability to handle concurrent users increased by over 100%, accommodating the rapid growth of both restaurants and users on the platform.
- Operational Efficiency: With the shift to a serverless database, operational costs related to database management were reduced by 30%, despite the doubled performance.
- Global Reach: The strategic selection of the AWS region in Germany resulted in a 25% improvement in service speed for users outside Lithuania, making the application more competitive on a global scale.
Conclusion
The successful migration to AWS not only solved Tablein’s immediate scalability and performance issues but also set a foundation for future growth. This was achieved through a partnership characterised by mutual understanding, direct communication, and a problem-solving approach.
