Probus Insurance Broker Pvt. Ltd. is one of India’s leading insurance brokers, offering a wide range of life and non-life insurance products. With a pan-India presence, Probus combines deep risk-engineering expertise, customized audit systems, and strong claims management techniques.
Leveraging its offline network and a growing online platform, Probus is committed to becoming one of the most respected insurance brokers in the country.
The Challenge: Probus needed to modernize its IT infrastructure to support its growing online portal and mobile app. Their key challenges included:
Performance Issues – Applications faced degradation under heavy load, with no load balancing in place. Backup Inefficiencies – Relied on HDDs and tape drives for data and database backups, creating high overhead and slow recovery. Scalability Gaps – Systems lacked flexibility to efficiently handle traffic surges and increasing users. Disaster Recovery Risks – No robust failover or recovery plan in case of regional service failures. Manual Maintenance – MSSQL database required manual patching and snapshot management. Security Concerns – Public-facing applications lacked advanced threat protection.
The Solution: Pentagon migrated Probus workloads to AWS Cloud and implemented a secure, high-availability architecture:
Application Layer
Deployed Application Load Balancer (ALB) to distribute traffic across Auto Scaling groups in multiple Availability Zones. Secured the web tier with AWS WAF to block malicious traffic and bots.
Database Layer
Migrated to Amazon RDS for MS-SQL Standard Edition in a Multi-AZ configuration for high availability. Automated backups and patching reduced operational overhead.
Backup & Storage
Configured EBS snapshots & AMI backups for fast recovery. Moved local database and application backups to Amazon S3 for unlimited, cost-effective storage.
Monitoring & Alerts
Set up Amazon CloudWatch for real-time monitoring and CPU utilization tracking. Integrated Amazon SES to send OTPs and event-based emails.
Security & Connectivity
Enhanced protection with AWS GuardDuty for intelligent threat detection. Deployed Site-to-Site VPN and NAT Gateway for secure connectivity. Enforced role-based access using IAM policies.
Cost Optimization
Automated start/stop schedules with AWS Lambda, aligning EC2 uptime with business hours.
AWS Services Used:
Amazon EC2, EBS, S3 Amazon RDS (MS-SQL) Elastic Load Balancer (ALB) Amazon VPC, VGW, NAT Gateway, IGW AWS WAF, GuardDuty IAM CloudWatch, CloudTrail AWS Backup, SES, Lambda
Benefits
Reduced On-Premises Costs
Eliminated hardware procurement, energy, and maintenance expenses by shifting to AWS.
High Availability
Multi-AZ RDS and Windows failover clustering ensured continuous uptime.
Simplified Database Management
RDS PaaS features handled backups, patching, and licensing.
Unlimited Backup Capacity
S3 provided cost-effective, scalable storage for backups.
Improved Security
WAF and GuardDuty added layers of protection against external threats.
Optimized Costs
Lambda automation cut down EC2 usage costs by limiting uptime to working hours.
