Global storage infrastructure for major non-profit organization

The problem

A major non-profit organization was experiencing slow performance when global users were importing very large size digital assets (ex. Videos) directly to/from Nuxeo servers. They needed to support both real time UI as well as batch imports from globally distributed sources.

The client wanted to implement a solution to improve the performance by optimizing both Web-based UI import as well as bulk import processes.

The solution

iSoftStone analyzed the business need, designed, and then developed a sophisticated global storage infrastructure with integration of MinIO, a high-performance storage system.

With the global storage infrastructure, the extremely large binaries are managed with local high speed storage while meta-data is managed in the cloud using MinIO/AWS hybrid solution.

Our team also created isomorphic storage interface to reduce software complexity and to easy management of underlying storage systems.

Key technology stack

Key impacts.

Significantly increased file transfer performance. Importing a 18.5GB file went from 7 hours to 2 hours.

Better user experience by lowering the network latency and real time user feedback by adding a visible progress bar and user-friendly log messages/notifications.

Achieved high efficiency and cost savings when dealing very large size files by leveraging multi-part parallel uploads, hybrid storage and simple implementation.

Large binary files were stored on-premise while meta-data was stored in the cloud using a common set of APIs providing a simple and sustainable solution.

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