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ZEE5 cut database costs 5X and achieved single-digit millisecond latency by migrating to ScyllaDB, redesigning APIs, and optimizing data models.
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ZEE5, India’s top OTT platform, migrated from DynamoDB, RDS, Redis, and Solr to ScyllaDB to handle 100B+ daily heartbeats. With redesigned APIs, real-time stream processing, and optimized data models, they achieved 5X cost reduction ($744K → $144K/year) and single-digit millisecond read latency, serving ~150M users while keeping infrastructure flexible, multi-cloud ready, and scalable.