🕸 Infrastructure development
Infrastructure is the foundation of any digital product. Its architecture determines the speed of the system, stability, security, scalability, maintenance costs, and the ability of the business to withstand the load. At BeFund, we help companies select, design, and implement infrastructure for specific business goals: from classic servers and VPS to Kubernetes, OpenStack, serverless solutions, and hybrid cloud architectures.
We have practical experience working with Hetzner, AWS, VEXXHOST, Google Cloud, OVHcloud, and other infrastructure providers.
👨🏻🏫 Types of infrastructure
1. Classic server infrastructure
Main features
This is an approach where a project is deployed on physical or virtual servers. Typically, such an infrastructure consists of separate environments:
- Development — an environment for developers;
- Testing / QA — an environment for testing functionality;
- Staging — the closest possible copy of production for final testing;
- Production — the main combat environment with which real users work.
Classic infrastructure is well suited for Laravel, PHP, CRM, eCommerce, B2B platforms, internal accounts, API services, and legacy systems.
When to choose classic infrastructure?
Classic infrastructure is suitable if the business needs full control over servers, databases, networks, backups, and deployment processes. It is a good option for projects where predictable cost, clear administration, and the ability to scale gradually are important.
2. Cloud infrastructure
Main features
Cloud infrastructure allows you to quickly create servers, networks, databases, storage, load balancers and other components without purchasing physical equipment.
The cloud approach is convenient for products that grow, have variable loads or require high availability.
We work with various cloud providers, including:
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- VEXXHOST
- OVHcloud
- Hetzner Cloud
When to choose cloud infrastructure?
Cloud infrastructure can include virtual machines, private networks, load balancers, managed databases, object storage, CDN, queues, monitoring, and disaster recovery solutions.
3. Serverless infrastructure
Main features
Serverless is an approach where developers do not need to directly manage servers. Code is run as functions or managed services, and the provider is responsible for scaling and execution.
Examples of serverless approaches:This is an approach where a project is deployed on physical or virtual servers. Typically, such an infrastructure consists of separate environments:
- AWS Lambda
- API Gateway
- SQS
- DynamoDB
- EventBridge
- Serverless Framework / Bref for PHP
- DynamoDB
Serverless is well suited for event systems, APIs, queue processing, integrations, webhook services, background tasks, analytics, and microservices.
When to choose serverless infrastructure?
Serverless makes sense if your project needs automatic scaling, fast startup, minimal server administration, and pay-per-use. But this approach requires proper design, as without architectural control, serverless can become complex and expensive.
4. Kubernetes infrastructure
Main features
Kubernetes is used for containerized systems where you need to manage multiple services, automatic scaling, rolling updates, service discovery, and self-healing.
- high-load backend services;
- microservice architecture;
- iGaming platforms;
- SaaS products;
- systems with many APIs;
- projects with Docker-based deployment;
- teams that need a standardized CI/CD pipeline.
When to choose kubernetes infrastructure?
Kubernetes can run on AWS, Google Cloud, VEXXHOST, OVHcloud, Hetzner, or on your own servers.
5. OpenStack / Private Cloud infrastructure
Main features
OpenStack is an option for companies that need a private or semi-private cloud without full dependence on AWS or Google Cloud.
When to choose these?
This approach allows you to build a cloud-like infrastructure with virtual machines, volumes, floating IP, private networks, Kubernetes clusters, snapshots and isolated environments.
more control, better isolation, predictable cost and less vendor lock-in.
6. Hybrid infrastructure
Main features
Hybrid infrastructure combines several approaches at once. For example:
- the main application layer runs in Kubernetes;
- the database is hosted on a separate dedicated server;
- backups are stored in another data center;
- monitoring is moved to a separate circuit;
- some tasks are performed via serverless;
- CDN and object storage are used from a cloud provider.
When to choose hybrid infrastructure?
A hybrid approach is often best for complex business systems where it is important to combine control, scalability, security, and optimal cost.
🙇♀️ How to choose the right infrastructure?
The right infrastructure depends not on the trendy stack, but on the business problem.
Before choosing, you need to answer a few key questions:
What load is expected?
What load is expected?
How critical is system availability?
How critical is system availability?
Do you need fast scaling?
Do you need fast scaling?
What is the budget for infrastructure?
What is the budget for infrastructure?
What is the level of DevOps competence in the team?
What is the level of DevOps competence in the team?
Are there security and data requirements?
Are there security and data requirements?
💪 Our experience with infrastructure providers?
Suitable for powerful VPS and dedicated servers with a good price-to-resource ratio. A good choice for Laravel, PHP, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes and high-load backend systems where control and predictable cost are required.
Suitable for enterprise architecture, serverless, managed databases, queues, object storage, monitoring, auto scaling, and complex cloud-native systems. We consider AWS as a strong option for projects that require Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS, EKS, CloudFormation, and other managed services.
Suitable for OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, private networks, floating IP, volumes, cloud migration and production workloads. This is a good option when a company needs a cloud-like approach without full dependence on AWS.
Google Cloud
Suitable for cloud infrastructure, analytics, data processing, AI/ML, BigQuery, managed services and enterprise integrations. A good choice for projects where data and analytics are an important part of the product.
Suitable for VPS, dedicated servers, private cloud, large volumes of traffic, and projects where European infrastructure and control over server resources are important.
🛠 What can we do?
BeFund helps companies at all stages of working with infrastructure:
- conduct an audit of the current infrastructure;
- select the optimal provider;
- design development, testing, staging and production environments;
- configure Docker / Kubernetes / OpenStack / serverless;
- organize CI/CD pipelines;
- configure databases, replication, backups and disaster recovery;
- implement monitoring, logging and alerting;
- optimize the cost of infrastructure;
- prepare a migration plan from legacy servers to the cloud;
- ensure stable operation of the production environment.
📑 Typical scenarios we work with
If a project has been running on old servers for years, without clear documentation, automation, and monitoring, we help gradually migrate it to a modern infrastructure without critical downtime.
For an MVP or a new SaaS product, we can choose a simple, understandable and scalable architecture that will not be excessively expensive at the start.
High-load and iGaming systems
For projects with high load, it is important to properly design the application layer, databases, caching, queues, replication, balancing and observability.
If cloud accounts grow, we analyze resource usage, redundant services, reservations, instance types, storage, traffic, and offer optimization without losing stability.
We help create a containerized environment for modern backend services, APIs, worker services, cron jobs, queues, and microservices.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution. For one business, Hetzner or OVHcloud will be the best choice. For another, AWS or Google Cloud. For a complex infrastructure with Kubernetes and OpenStack, VEXXHOST may be suitable. For some tasks, serverless will be optimal.
The right choice depends on your product, workload, budget, team, security requirements, and scaling plans. BeFund will help you assess these factors and build an infrastructure that will not just work, but support business growth.
Do you need a stable infrastructure for your product?
We will help you choose the right approach, design the architecture, configure the environments, automate deployment and prepare the system for scaling.
Contact BeFund to get advice on the infrastructure of your project.
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