CASE STUDY

How ToyStack Helped Virtual Flex Modernize Printing Operations and Optimize Hosting

How ToyStack Helped Virtual Flex Modernize Printing Operations and Optimize Hosting

How ToyStack Helped Virtual Flex Modernize Printing Operations and Optimize Hosting

How ToyStack Helped Virtual Flex Modernize Printing Operations and Optimize Hosting

Virtual Flex is a government-focused services provider specializing in niche projects such as secure printing and card distribution. The company delivers solutions requiring hardware-software integration and caters exclusively to government clients, ensuring high standards of compliance and efficiency.

12 Feb 2025

5 minutes

" We entrusted ToyStack with deploying our entire technology stack which includes several microservices, websites, databases, and more for an ID card platform that supports the population of Papua New Guinea. They did it seamlessly. We were able to build, launch, and maintain the entire project with zero DevOps engineers. "

" We entrusted ToyStack with deploying our entire technology stack which includes several microservices, websites, databases, and more for an ID card platform that supports the population of Papua New Guinea. They did it seamlessly. We were able to build, launch, and maintain the entire project with zero DevOps engineers. "

Mahesh Aithal

CEO

CEO

CEO

Introduction

Virtual Flex faced significant challenges with integrating hardware and software for its secure card printing solution and maintaining cost-effective, high-performance hosting.

Key issues included:

  • Lack of expertise to integrate software with secure printing hardware.

  • High hosting costs due to underutilized resources (40-80% underutilized).

  • Poor system performance, leading to latency issues and inefficiencies.

By partnering with ToyStack, Virtual Flex achieved:

  • 90% cost reduction by downsizing infrastructure and optimising hosting.

  • +100% performance improvement with less than 2ms latency.

  • Seamless scalability through Kubernetes-based hosting and dynamic scaling.


This case study highlights how ToyStack enabled Virtual Flex to build, host, and scale its secure printing solution efficiently.

What the problem was ?

Key Challenges:

  1. Integration and Printing Hardware

  • Virtual Flex lacked the technical expertise to integrate secure card printing hardware with custom-built software.

  • Printing operations relied on manual, inefficient processes, delaying workflows.

  1. Underutilized Servers

  • Previous infrastructure used 2 CPUs and 8GB RAM, but servers were underutilized by 40-80%, resulting in significant waste.

  1. Latency and Performance Issues

  • High latency and poor performance impacted user experience, with the existing setup unable to handle traffic optimally.

Key Challenges:

  1. Integration and Printing Hardware

  • Virtual Flex lacked the technical expertise to integrate secure card printing hardware with custom-built software.

  • Printing operations relied on manual, inefficient processes, delaying workflows.

  1. Underutilized Servers

  • Previous infrastructure used 2 CPUs and 8GB RAM, but servers were underutilized by 40-80%, resulting in significant waste.

  1. Latency and Performance Issues

  • High latency and poor performance impacted user experience, with the existing setup unable to handle traffic optimally.

How We Helped

ToyStack implemented a robust solution tailored to Virtual Flex’s requirements, addressing integration, hosting, and scalability challenges.

Steps Taken:

  1. Printing Hardware Integration

  • ToyStack developed and integrated a driver-like software tool to connect secure card printing hardware with the platform, enabling automated printing directly from the website.

  1. Optimized Kubernetes Hosting

  • Migrated Virtual Flex to a single pod on ToyStack’s Kubernetes cluster for optimal resource utilization.

  • Current configuration includes 1GB RAM, 10GB storage, and 0.25 CPUs, ensuring efficient use of resources.

  1. Database Modernization

  • Migrated Virtual Flex's database to ToyStack’s RDS (Relational Database Service) for better management and scalability.

  1. Performance Enhancements with CDN

  • Integrated a global CDN to deliver content with proximity-based optimization, ensuring less than 2ms latency for users across regions (e.g., Australia, PNG, Indonesia).

  1. Dynamic Resource Scaling

  • Enabled automatic scaling to handle traffic fluctuations, ensuring high performance during peak and off-peak periods.

ToyStack implemented a robust solution tailored to Virtual Flex’s requirements, addressing integration, hosting, and scalability challenges.

Steps Taken:

  1. Printing Hardware Integration

  • ToyStack developed and integrated a driver-like software tool to connect secure card printing hardware with the platform, enabling automated printing directly from the website.

  1. Optimized Kubernetes Hosting

  • Migrated Virtual Flex to a single pod on ToyStack’s Kubernetes cluster for optimal resource utilization.

  • Current configuration includes 1GB RAM, 10GB storage, and 0.25 CPUs, ensuring efficient use of resources.

  1. Database Modernization

  • Migrated Virtual Flex's database to ToyStack’s RDS (Relational Database Service) for better management and scalability.

  1. Performance Enhancements with CDN

  • Integrated a global CDN to deliver content with proximity-based optimization, ensuring less than 2ms latency for users across regions (e.g., Australia, PNG, Indonesia).

  1. Dynamic Resource Scaling

  • Enabled automatic scaling to handle traffic fluctuations, ensuring high performance during peak and off-peak periods.

ToyStack's Impact

Quantified Benefits:

  1. Cost Savings

  • Hosting costs reduced by 90%, from $2,000/month on previous infrastructure to under $200/month with ToyStack.

  • Optimised resource allocation eliminated underutilisation (40-80% waste).

  1. Performance Improvements

  • Achieved +100% performance improvement with less than 2ms latency, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency.

  1. Efficient Resource Utilisation

  • Moved to a right-sized configuration with 1GB RAM, 10GB storage, and 0.25 CPUs, ensuring efficient operation on ToyStack’s Kubernetes cluster.

  1. Scalability and Reliability

  • Dynamic scaling ensured the platform could handle varying traffic demands seamlessly, maintaining high availability and performance.

Quantified Benefits:

  1. Cost Savings

  • Hosting costs reduced by 90%, from $2,000/month on previous infrastructure to under $200/month with ToyStack.

  • Optimised resource allocation eliminated underutilisation (40-80% waste).

  1. Performance Improvements

  • Achieved +100% performance improvement with less than 2ms latency, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency.

  1. Efficient Resource Utilisation

  • Moved to a right-sized configuration with 1GB RAM, 10GB storage, and 0.25 CPUs, ensuring efficient operation on ToyStack’s Kubernetes cluster.

  1. Scalability and Reliability

  • Dynamic scaling ensured the platform could handle varying traffic demands seamlessly, maintaining high availability and performance.

Conclusion

By partnering with ToyStack, Virtual Flex successfully modernized its infrastructure, optimized hosting, and improved its secure printing operations.


Key Outcomes:


  • 90% cost reduction with optimized resource usage and hosting.

  • +100% performance improvement with sub-2ms latency for users across regions.

  • Streamlined scalability using Kubernetes and dynamic resource allocation.

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.

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

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