Inside Porter's Large-Scale Cloud Migration: A Technical Deep-Dive
How Porter's high-traffic logistics platform modernized with zero downtime through strategic cloud migration
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Webinar Summary
Step inside Porter's transformational cloud migration journey with their VP of Engineering, who successfully modernized one of India's largest logistics platforms while maintaining 99.99% availability. This technical masterclass reveals how to execute large-scale infrastructure modernization safely, incrementally, and with measurable business impact.
Migration Context & Constraints
- Scale Challenges: Managing millions of daily transactions during migration
- Business Continuity: Maintaining uptime within tight delivery windows
- Complex Architecture: Navigating a rapidly-evolved microservices architecture
- Performance Goals: Achieving 3x response time improvement post-migration
Architecture Transformation Strategy
- Kubernetes-First Approach: Building service platform design for stability and operability
- Deployment Standardization: Clear and repeatable deployment patterns across teams
- Observability Integration: Standardized monitoring that reduced operational variance
- Safety Guardrails: Automated checks preventing common migration mistakes
- Phased Service Migration: Incremental moves that minimized blast radius
- Deterministic Rollbacks: Pre-planned and tested rollback procedures
- Rigorous Rehearsals: Comprehensive testing that exposed failure modes early
- Customer-First Strategy: Optimizing for continuity above all else
Data Migration Excellence
- Change Data Capture: Real-time data synchronization techniques
- Backfill Procedures: Comprehensive historical data migration processes
- Verification Routines: Multi-layered data integrity checks
- Traffic Switching: Seamless write traffic cutover procedures
- Database Migration Patterns: Ensuring zero data loss
- Validation Frameworks: Catching inconsistencies before they matter
- Real-time Monitoring: Critical data migration window oversight
- Automated Verification: Building confidence in data accuracy
Organizational Success Framework
- Clear Ownership: Crisp boundaries between platform, application, and business teams
- Run-of-Show Documentation: Detailed playbooks for migration execution windows
- Communication Rhythms: Regular alignment between engineering, operations, and business
- Stakeholder Management: Keeping leadership informed without overwhelming technical teams
- Pre-migration Checklists: Ensuring readiness before execution
- Real-time Decision Frameworks: Guidelines during cutover windows
- Post-migration Validation: Comprehensive verification procedures
- Knowledge Transfer: Lessons learned capture and organizational knowledge sharing
Post-Migration Optimization
- Performance Engineering: 3x response time improvement through specific techniques
- Capacity Planning: Aligning resources to actual traffic patterns rather than estimates
- Smart Autoscaling: Policies responding to real usage rather than simple metrics
- Continuous Tuning: Making performance optimization an ongoing discipline
- Platform Capabilities: Turning migration success into a foundation for innovation
- Feedback Loops: Creating systems for continuous improvement
Real-World Results
- Availability Achievement: 99.99% availability maintained throughout migration
- Performance Gains: 3x improvement in application response times
- Cost Optimization: 50% cost reduction through optimized resource utilization
- Enhanced Scalability: Automated scaling for traffic peaks
You'll gain a complete blueprint for zero-downtime migration from initial planning through day-2 operations. Essential for technical architects leading infrastructure modernization, engineering leaders responsible for high-traffic platforms, and platform engineers building cloud-native foundations.
What You'll Learn
• In-depth insights from industry experts
• Practical strategies you can implement today
• Real-world examples and case studies
• Interactive Q&A and community discussion
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Speakers
Ankit Srivastava
Pravanjan Choudhury
Special Guest: This session features expert insights from industry leaders outside of Facets.
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The Fast & Scalable Route to GCP: A Masterclass on MPL's Cloud Migration
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