Modernizing a 20,000-CPU Mission System with VKS
Halve the compute, deploy faster, and operate air-gapped
MomentumAI enabled a U.S. national security organization to migrate a 20,000-CPU mission system from VMs and bare metal to vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) in an air-gapped environment. Using platform best practices and automation, the team halved compute, cut deployment downtime from hours to seconds, and enabled the client to own its platform.
A U.S. national security organization running a mission-critical system of about 12 subsystems, built over 15-20 years by multiple contractors, inside secure air-gapped environments.
VerticalGovernment
ServiceAdvisory Services; Migration; United States Cleared Resources; Best Practice Implementation; Adoption; Architecture & Design
RegionsNAM
Challenges
- ~20,000 CPUs overprovisioned across VMs and bare metal
- 4-5 hour downtime windows for major releases
- 12 legacy subsystems owned by different contractors
- Air-gapped high side with no internet access
- Limited and inconsistent utilization metrix
Relevant Facts & Figures
- Reduced compute by 50% from 20,000 to 10,000 CPU
- Cut deployment downtime from 5 hours to 15 seconds
- Cut app build-to-deploy timeline from 10 hours to 30 minutes
- Provisioned new clusters in 20 minutes instead of 1 day
- Decreased contractor reliance and empowered client ownership
Results
- Reduced infrastructure utilization
- Enabled platform, DevOps, and SRE best practices
- Modernized system architecture
- Operationalized air-gapped system at scale
- Improved uptime by reducing maintenance windows
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