Case Study: WorkJam achieves $125K in GCP savings with Pythian's Cassandra optimization

WorkJam saves $125K and cuts GCP costs with Pythian

WorkJam faced excessive Google Cloud Platform costs and a lack of visibility due to an over-provisioned Cassandra database environment. Their internal team lacked the specialized expertise to optimize the infrastructure after their previous managed service partner ended support. They turned to Pythian for its database consulting and Cassandra optimization services to identify cost-saving opportunities.

Pythian conducted a comprehensive health check and modernized the architecture. The solution involved rightsizing the Cassandra virtual machines to better match the workload and cleaning up thousands of redundant storage snapshots. As a result, Pythian helped WorkJam save over $120,000 from snapshot cleanup alone, achieve 100% visibility into resource utilization, and improve performance with zero downtime.

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