Case Study: Novus Partners cuts technology spend 50% and migrates 6 TB to Amazon RDS with Datavail

Novus modernizes tech stack and cuts costs 50% with Amazon RDS and Datavail

Novus Partners, a portfolio intelligence platform for institutional capital allocators and managers, faced steep on‑premises licensing costs (around $400,000/year), an aging 20‑blade database cluster, and a targeted datacenter shutdown while trying to modernize its stack. With a small technology team stretched between operations and product work, Novus engaged Datavail to find a cloud‑based alternative and execute the migration.

Datavail migrated Novus’ commercial on‑premises databases to Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) MySQL on AWS, moving 6 TB in three months using phased cutovers, AWS Database Migration Service, and custom scripts while running systems in parallel as a fail-safe. The move cut technology spend by 50%, eliminated datacenter fees and hardware upkeep, freed developers from operational duties so they could ship more features, and positioned Novus for future scalability and potential migration to Amazon Aurora.

Novus Partners

Noah Zucker

Vice President of Tactical Engineering