Case Study: Sorbonne University scales secure virtual classes with Scaleway

Sorbonne University - Customer Case Study

Sorbonne University, a major public research university in Paris, needed a highly scalable and reliable video conferencing solution to ensure service continuity for over 8,000 concurrent users during the COVID-19 pandemic. To address this challenge, they partnered with Scaleway and their vendor Arawa to implement a solution using Scaleway Virtual Instances.

The solution involved deploying a BigBlueButton platform supported by over 80 Scaleway Elements GP1-S Virtual Instances and a ScaleLite load balancer. This architecture, integrated with the university's existing Moodle systems, provided a secure, GDPR-compliant, and scalable infrastructure. The platform successfully handled peaks of 1,500 users, with the confidence from Scaleway's infrastructure to effortlessly scale up to 8,000 users and beyond as needed.

Sorbonne University

Fabrice Moutte

Chief Information Officer