Case Study MedVault Europe – GDPR-Compliant Cloud Disaster Recovery Architecture (Germany)
Cloud & DevOps
Verified Production Architecture
Project Overview
MedVault is a clinical lab data archiving infrastructure developed for a healthcare diagnostic consortium in Frankfurt, Germany, ensuring continuous operational availability and strict EU GDPR data sovereignty.
Client & Location
MedVault Diagnostic Systems GmbH
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Industry: Diagnostics & Healthcare
Challenges
- European health regulations requiring patient data to remain strictly within German geographical borders.
- Requirement for automated Disaster Recovery with RPO (Recovery Point Objective) under 1 minute.
- Large file storage requirements (digital pathology gigapixel slides and MRI scans).
Solution
Designed a dual-region German cloud configuration with real-time encrypted block storage replication, immutable backups, and automated failover routing using AWS Frankfurt & Zurich data centers.
Technologies Used
- AWS (Frankfurt EU-Central-1) Multi-AZ Cluster
- Kubernetes with Cilium Service Mesh
- Prometheus, Grafana & ELK Observability Stack
- Automated BCDR (Business Continuity Disaster Recovery) Testing
Results & Business Impact
- Achieved RPO under 45 seconds and RTO (Recovery Time Objective) under 3 minutes.
- Full compliance validation under German DSGVO and ISO 27001 medical standards.
- 99.995% SLA achieved across all hospital integration endpoints.
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