CASE STUDY

How Toystack Scaled a Cloud Video Surveillance System with Cost-Effective GPU Infrastructure

How Toystack Scaled a Cloud Video Surveillance System with Cost-Effective GPU Infrastructure

How Toystack Scaled a Cloud Video Surveillance System with Cost-Effective GPU Infrastructure

How Toystack Scaled a Cloud Video Surveillance System with Cost-Effective GPU Infrastructure

The client is a security and surveillance company leveraging AI to automate face detection and identification from real-time CCTV footage. Their AI-powered video analysis system processes high-resolution video streams to enhance safety and situational awareness.

09 Jan 2025

5 minutes

" ToyStack AI’s dynamic scaling and high-performance GPU infrastructure have completely transformed our surveillance system. The reduced latency and cost savings have allowed us to expand operations while maintaining peak efficiency. "

" ToyStack AI’s dynamic scaling and high-performance GPU infrastructure have completely transformed our surveillance system. The reduced latency and cost savings have allowed us to expand operations while maintaining peak efficiency. "

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Introduction

The company’s AI-based surveillance system faced multiple challenges as it scaled to monitor more locations and higher volumes of video feeds.

The primary issues included:

  • Heavy Computational Workload: Processing high-resolution video streams in real time required significant GPU power.

  • Limited Scalability: GPU availability constraints with the existing provider led to delays during high-demand periods.

  • Expensive GPU Allocation: Paying for dedicated GPU instances during low-demand periods inflated operational costs.

These challenges hampered the company’s ability to deliver reliable, cost-efficient, and scalable surveillance solutions.

By adopting Toystack AI, the company achieved:

  • 50% cost reduction through dynamic scaling.

  • 3X faster inference times, improving response efficiency.

  • 5X increased processing capacity for analyzing video feeds from more CCTV cameras.


This case study explores how Toystack’s GPU infrastructure helped optimize costs and improve performance for the company’s surveillance system.

What the problem was ?

  • Heavy Computational Workload: The AI system required extensive GPU resources to process high-resolution video streams in real time, which the current setup could not handle efficiently.

  • Limited Scalability: Existing cloud infrastructure imposed GPU availability constraints, delaying video processing during peak usage.

  • Expensive GPU Allocation: The team incurred significant costs by paying for GPU instances that remained idle during low-demand periods.


The company needed a solution to:

  • Handle real-time, high-resolution video processing at scale.

  • Reduce infrastructure costs without compromising performance.

  • Scale dynamically to meet varying workload demands.

  • Heavy Computational Workload: The AI system required extensive GPU resources to process high-resolution video streams in real time, which the current setup could not handle efficiently.

  • Limited Scalability: Existing cloud infrastructure imposed GPU availability constraints, delaying video processing during peak usage.

  • Expensive GPU Allocation: The team incurred significant costs by paying for GPU instances that remained idle during low-demand periods.


The company needed a solution to:

  • Handle real-time, high-resolution video processing at scale.

  • Reduce infrastructure costs without compromising performance.

  • Scale dynamically to meet varying workload demands.

How We Helped

Toystack AI provided a scalable and cost-efficient GPU infrastructure to address the company’s challenges.

Steps Taken:

  • On-Demand GPU Access: ToyStack enabled instant access to high-performance GPUs, ensuring uninterrupted real-time video analysis.

  • Edge-Optimized AI Models: The company leveraged ToyStack’s infrastructure to fine-tune its deep learning models, achieving a 60% improvement in facial recognition speed.

  • Dynamic Scaling: ToyStack’s infrastructure automatically scaled GPU instances during peak hours and scaled them down during low-demand periods, optimizing costs.

  • Low-Latency Processing: GPU-accelerated pipelines reduced facial recognition latency from 2.5 seconds to under 800 milliseconds per frame.

Key Toystack Features Implemented:

  • Instant GPU provisioning for real-time processing.

  • Dynamic scaling to match workload demands and reduce idle resources.

  • Edge optimization to enhance AI model efficiency.

  • Low-latency processing for rapid security responses.


Toystack AI provided a scalable and cost-efficient GPU infrastructure to address the company’s challenges.

Steps Taken:

  • On-Demand GPU Access: ToyStack enabled instant access to high-performance GPUs, ensuring uninterrupted real-time video analysis.

  • Edge-Optimized AI Models: The company leveraged ToyStack’s infrastructure to fine-tune its deep learning models, achieving a 60% improvement in facial recognition speed.

  • Dynamic Scaling: ToyStack’s infrastructure automatically scaled GPU instances during peak hours and scaled them down during low-demand periods, optimizing costs.

  • Low-Latency Processing: GPU-accelerated pipelines reduced facial recognition latency from 2.5 seconds to under 800 milliseconds per frame.

Key Toystack Features Implemented:

  • Instant GPU provisioning for real-time processing.

  • Dynamic scaling to match workload demands and reduce idle resources.

  • Edge optimization to enhance AI model efficiency.

  • Low-latency processing for rapid security responses.


ToyStack's Impact

Quantified Benefits:

  • 50% Cost Reduction: Dynamic scaling minimized costs by eliminating GPU charges during idle periods.

  • 3X Faster Inference Times: Reduced latency improved face detection speed and overall response times in monitored locations.

  • 5X Increased Processing Capacity: The system scaled to analyze video feeds from five times more CCTV cameras without performance degradation.

ROI: Financial and Operational Gains

  • Significant cost savings allowed the company to expand operations to new locations.

  • Faster and more reliable AI-powered surveillance ensured improved safety and situational awareness.


With Toystack AI, the company enhanced its system’s scalability, efficiency, and affordability, empowering them to deliver advanced surveillance solutions.

Quantified Benefits:

  • 50% Cost Reduction: Dynamic scaling minimized costs by eliminating GPU charges during idle periods.

  • 3X Faster Inference Times: Reduced latency improved face detection speed and overall response times in monitored locations.

  • 5X Increased Processing Capacity: The system scaled to analyze video feeds from five times more CCTV cameras without performance degradation.

ROI: Financial and Operational Gains

  • Significant cost savings allowed the company to expand operations to new locations.

  • Faster and more reliable AI-powered surveillance ensured improved safety and situational awareness.


With Toystack AI, the company enhanced its system’s scalability, efficiency, and affordability, empowering them to deliver advanced surveillance solutions.

Conclusion

By migrating to Toystack AI, the company transformed its AI-powered surveillance system into a cost-efficient and scalable solution.


  • Latency reduced to under 800 milliseconds, ensuring real-time monitoring.

  • GPU costs decreased by 50%, enabling sustainable scaling.

  • Increased processing capacity allowed expansion to new locations.


Looking Ahead: With Toystack’s support, the company is poised to further scale its surveillance operations and continue enhancing public safety through innovative AI solutions.

ToyStack is scalable, enterprise-grade and more importantly, simple.

ToyStack is scalable, enterprise-grade and more importantly, simple.

ToyStack is scalable, enterprise-grade and more importantly, simple.

ToyStack is scalable, enterprise-grade and more importantly, simple.

The neo-cloud that is scalable, economical, and easy to use—no learning curve.

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36, Rest House Crescent, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Shanthala Nagar, Bengaluru - 560001, Karnataka

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© 2025 Toystack AI Private Limited

All rights reserved

The neo-cloud that is scalable, economical, and easy to use—no learning curve.

Compliances:

India Office:

36, Rest House Crescent, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Shanthala Nagar, Bengaluru - 560001, Karnataka

USA Office:

131 Continental Dr, Suite 305 Newark, DE 19713,

New Castle County

© 2025 Toystack AI Private Limited

All rights reserved

The neo-cloud that is scalable, economical, and easy to use—no learning curve.

Compliances:

India Office:

36, Rest House Crescent, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Shanthala Nagar, Bengaluru - 560001, Karnataka

USA Office:

131 Continental Dr, Suite 305 Newark, DE 19713,

New Castle County

© 2025 Toystack AI Private Limited

All rights reserved

The neo-cloud that is scalable, economical, and easy to use—no learning curve.

Compliances:

India Office:

36, Rest House Crescent, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Shanthala Nagar, Bengaluru - 560001, Karnataka

USA Office:

131 Continental Dr, Suite 305 Newark, DE 19713,

New Castle County

© 2025 Toystack AI Private Limited

All rights reserved