EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
We migrated large amounts of data from old storage hardware to the new storage without disrupting business operations or risking data loss using data management solutions. We also ensured that:
1. The hardware is maintained and upgraded for optimum performance and cost-effectiveness
2. There are no outages or productivity impacts associated with aging hardware
CHALLENGE
Even if there is a great system in place that works fast and has low latency, moving petabytes of data just takes time, and involves a great deal of risk of losing data.
The larger the scale of the data migration, the more opportunity for issues along the way. We had to find a way to do large-scale data migration without any downtime, outside business hours.
APPROACH
We used storage-native, third-party tools to migrate large amounts of data. Our approach also allowed applications to continue modifying a source system’s data without causing issues between the source and the target.
