Case Study: SportPesa scales high-traffic MySQL clusters with Severalnines ClusterControl

SportPesa - Customer Case Study

SportPesa, a major online gambling company based in Kenya and the UK, faced a significant challenge scaling its MySQL Cluster infrastructure to handle massive, real-time traffic spikes exceeding six million queries per second. This explosive growth was a source of system instability, and any downtime directly resulted in lost revenue and frustrated users. To tackle this, they turned to Severalnines and its ClusterControl platform for a solution.

Severalnines provided deep expertise in MySQL Cluster and its operational tools to help SportPesa optimize database configurations, automate deployments, and implement performance monitoring across their seven global data centers. The solution brought their infrastructure under control, enabling them to reliably manage their constant growth. SportPesa now uses ClusterControl for automation, centralized visibility of their distributed databases, and ongoing performance monitoring, ensuring their systems can scale to meet future demand.

SportPesa

Jakob Kristensen

Global Chief Operating Officer