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Aviation12 months

Airline Legacy HP Unix Migration

Business-critical HP Unix flight operations system reaching end-of-life with high maintenance costs

Client

Regional Airline

Duration

12 months

Team Size

15 migration specialists

The Challenge

A regional airline was running their critical flight operations system on aging HP Unix servers that were reaching end-of-life. The system handled flight scheduling, crew management, and real-time operations data. Hardware maintenance costs were skyrocketing, and finding qualified HP Unix administrators was becoming increasingly difficult.

Our Solution

We designed a containerized microservices architecture on AWS ECS with real-time data replication and automated failover capabilities. The migration was executed with zero downtime using a blue-green deployment strategy, ensuring continuous flight operations throughout the transition.

Implementation Approach

  • 1Legacy system analysis and data mapping
  • 2Containerized microservices architecture design
  • 3AWS ECS cluster setup with auto-scaling
  • 4Real-time data migration and synchronization
  • 5Blue-green deployment strategy implementation
  • 6Comprehensive disaster recovery setup
  • 724/7 monitoring and alerting configuration

Technologies Used

AWS ECSAWS RDS AuroraAWS ELBAWS CloudWatchAWS BackupDocker

Results & Impact

  • 100% uptime during migration cutover
  • 70% reduction in operational costs
  • Enhanced disaster recovery capabilities
  • Improved system performance by 5x
  • Eliminated single points of failure
Nivanix executed a flawless migration of our mission-critical systems. Zero downtime meant zero disruption to our flight operations.
CIO, Regional Airline

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