# Customer Case Study: Tesouro

Tesouro scales payments innovationWith managed open source solutions
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With NetApp Instaclustr, Tesouro achieves unmatched reliability, streamlined scalability, and cost-effective innovation in the dynamic payments industry.

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**Industry**

- Financial services



**Technologies**

- Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, PostgreSQL®



**Challenges**

- Managing scalability with a lean DevOps team
- Ensuring 24/7 uptime for mission-critical databases
- Minimizing operational overhead while meeting compliance



**Results**- **75% reduction** in storage costs
- **Zero downtime** during migrations
- **240+ hours** saved annually in management time





 

 

 Simplifying innovationIn the financial payments space
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Tesouro, a startup in the financial payments sector, prides itself on delivering secure, fast, and scalable transaction solutions. Operating in a high-stakes industry where uptime and reliability are non-negotiable, the company needed infrastructure that could evolve as quickly as their ambitious growth trajectory.

Tesouro knew they needed a partner to ensure seamless operations without burdening their in-house team.



 

 

 

 Scaling mission-critical Infrastructure without downtime
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Tesouro needed to enhance their cloud-based open source data infrastructure while addressing critical challenges, including:



 

**Limited resources**

A small DevOps team meant manual workflows and heavy maintenance needed to be minimized.

**Database resilience**

Ensuring their production transaction Cassandra database achieved 100% uptime under growing demand.

**Compliance**

Navigating PCI and SOC 2 requirements to meet industry standards without overwhelming internal teams.

 

 

 

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"Our ability to elastically scale the system determines our legitimacy in the space and our ability to keep operating."

 

— **Ben Moody**, DevOps Lead, Tesouro

 

 

 

 

 Unlocking scalability and efficiency with Instaclustr
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Tesouro partnered with NetApp Instaclustr to fully manage their open-source infrastructure, starting with Apache Cassandra. The relationship soon expanded to include managed PostgreSQL and Apache Kafka for streamlined backend processing and data pipelines.



 

**Proactive support**

Instaclustr’s 24/7 monitoring identified and resolved issues before they escalated. For example, when a microservice faced repeated timeout failures, Instaclustr pinpointed a misconfigured PostgreSQL connection pool and resolved the issue in under 24 hours.

**Optimized storage strategies**

By reworking data retention and automating archiving, the Instaclustr team helped Tesouro reduce its storage footprint by 75%. This boosted database query performance and slashed costs.

**Operational expertise**

Instaclustr handled time-consuming tasks like updates and debugging, freeing over 240 hours annually for Tesouro’s DevOps Team.

 

 

 

 “Instaclustr didn’t just solve our problems; they empowered us to innovate with confidence. We now have the freedom to focus on what we do best.”

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 Boosting efficiency and freeing up resources
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With Instaclustr managing their data infrastructure, Tesouro achieved measurable improvements in both cost and performance.

 

  ![icon falling prices]() 75% storage savings

 

 Automating data retention reduced cost and optimized workflows. 

 

 

 

  ![icon lightbulb]() 240+ hours saved annually

 

 Streamlined operations gave Tesouro’s small team more bandwidth to innovate. 

 

 

 

  ![stopwatch icon]() Zero downtime migration

 

 Instaclustr’s strategies ensured seamless transitions and future-proof infrastructure. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 "By automating database management with Instaclustr, we’ve avoided hiring additional support staff and shifted our focus to long-term growth and delivering better services."

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 ### Positioned for scale and success



With Instaclustr’s reliability and expert support, Tesouro continues to scale and innovate in the payment space without compromising performance.

“Instaclustr isn’t just a service provider. They’re a partner who ensures that both our infrastructure and our growth strategy remain solid,” said Ben Moody, DevOps Lead at Tesouro.

Looking ahead, Tesouro is excited about meeting market demands and achieving their ambitious goals with confidence.

For businesses seeking to unlock similar growth potential, Instaclustr stands ready to be your partner in excellence.

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