Overview
Executive summary
Maxamind is a global online gaming company specialising in real-time multiplayer games. As its player base grew into the millions, its legacy on-premise infrastructure couldn't keep up. AWS Advanced Tier Partner Core5 designed an AWS-based solution for performance, scalability and cost efficiency.
The challenge
What they were up against
- Legacy on-premise infrastructure caused latency during peak hours and scaled slowly when activity spiked.
- Server instability and prolonged downtime put the player experience at risk.
- Rising maintenance costs were cutting into margins and long-term sustainability.
Our solution
How Core5 approached it
- Isolated all gaming services inside a secure Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
- Ran gaming, API and payment servers in public subnets with Elastic IPs and fast Amazon EBS storage.
- Distributed player traffic across servers with an Application Load Balancer.
- Directed users to the nearest server with low latency using Amazon Route 53.
- Stored game assets, updates and backups in Amazon S3 for secure global access.
Technologies
Technologies used
Amazon VPCAmazon EC2 (Elastic IPs)Amazon EBSApplication Load BalancerAmazon Route 53Amazon S3
Results
The outcome
50%reduction in latency
30%decrease in infrastructure cost
99.99%availability