Project Overview
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Business Challenge
The client needed to modernize their application hosting while ensuring regulatory compliance, business continuity, and resilience. Key challenges included:
- Legacy infrastructure with single points of failure impacting uptime.
- Lack of an automated CI/CD process for application deployment.
- Weak backup and disaster recovery testing framework.
- Business-critical insurance applications requiring 24x7 uptime and secure fail-over.
- Compliance with SAMA regulations for data protection and DR readiness.
Solution Delivered
BizCloud designed and implemented a resilient, automated, and fully tested OCI solution:
1. Assessment & Design
- Conducted infrastructure audit and dependency mapping of insurance applications.
- Designed a multi-AD (Availability Domain) architecture in OCI with load balancing and clustering.
- Defined backup and DR policies aligned with RPO/RTO requirements.
2. Deployment & Automation
- Deployed applications in OCI Compute and Container services with HA.
- Integrated with OCI Load Balancers for traffic distribution.
- Built an automated CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins/GitLab CI) for application updates and patching.
- Configured OCI Object Storage & Block Volume backups with scheduled policies.
3. Testing & Validation
- Conducted fail-over testing across multiple Availability Domains.
- Performed backup and restore simulations to validate recovery.
- Verified application stability and transaction continuity under load.
4. Training & Handover
- Trained IT and DevOps teams on CI/CD workflows, backup monitoring, and fail-over handling.
- Delivered updated architecture diagrams, SOPs, and DR playbooks.
Key Features Implemented
- High Availability (HA) Architecture across multiple ADs in OCI.
- Automated CI/CD Pipeline for continuous integration and seamless deployments.
- Backup & Restore Testing integrated into CI/CD to validate resiliency.
- OCI-native Security features (IAM, VCN security lists, encryption).
- Load Balancing & Auto Scaling for peak transaction handling.
Results & Benefits
- Achieved 99.99% application uptime with HA deployment.
- Reduced deployment time by 60% through CI/CD automation.
- Validated backup & DR framework, ensuring compliance with SAMA.
- ·Enhanced operational efficiency with automated rollbacks and patch management.
- Future-ready cloud foundation supporting scalable insurance services.
Engagement Model
Client Feedback
“BizCloud successfully modernized our application hosting by deploying a robust OCI solution with automation and built-in resilience. With HA architecture and tested backup workflows, we are confident of delivering uninterrupted insurance services to our customers.”
