Data centre migration and optimisation
The data centre migration and optimisation service is based on a data centre assessment. The information from the assessment is used to successfully migrate data centre infrastructure and applications, for example when moving to new premises, migrating to new technology, or when requesting optimisation of the existing state.
Service description
The data centre is the heart of any company. It runs business-critical applications and stores critical company data. Data centre migration is a key service for organisations that have decided to move their critical IT infrastructure and data resources from one location to another. This service deals with moving and transferring all critical data, applications and systems from one data centre to another, often to improve performance, increase availability or reduce costs.
The data centre migration process is demanding and requires careful planning and coordination. The most important element is to minimize disruption to operations and minimize the risk of data loss or system failure during the move. This means that a thorough assessment of the existing infrastructure, identification of dependencies and the development of a detailed migration plan must be carried out.
Various steps may be required during the data center migration process, including physical server relocation, data transfer, database replication, and configuration of new network resources. Thorough testing and validation of the new infrastructure is also necessary to ensure that systems are functioning properly and to minimize potential problems.
Our data center migration specialists at ALEF have deep technical expertise and experience in moving large volumes of data and infrastructure. They are able to manage the entire migration process, from initial analysis and planning to implementation and deployment of the new data center. The team includes architecture specialists, project managers, and a range of specialists in the technologies used in data centers from networking, compute power and virtualization, data storage and backup, high availability, to the application layer.
Who is the service for?
Medium and large organizations that are moving their data center to a new location or migrating to a new technology.
Main advantages of the service
Complete management of the migration process
Coordination and management of teams
Flexibility from lift and shift to gradual migration
Minimise outages and interruptions
Reducing the risk of data loss and risk management in general
Optimising performance and availability
How is the implementation done?
- Analysis and planning
- Design of new infrastructure
- Preparation of the new site in terms of the physical layer (rack plan, wiring book, etc.)
- Start stop procedure and other preparatory work
- Shutting down a migrated data center or migrated application
- Moving infrastructure and data
- Starting a migrated data center or migrated application
- Testing and verification
- Commissioning