One of the many services we offer here at Piedmont Technical Experts is cloud migration. This process involves transferring your company’s data from your in-house servers to remote servers and saving multiple copies on multiple servers. Although cloud migration offers several long-term benefits, the process itself can be a hassle unless you carefully plan accordingly.
In this article, we’ll go over a few tips on how to prepare for cloud migration to ensure the process goes smoothly.
- Choose a single- or multi-cloud provider. One of the first things you will need to decide is whether you want to use a single cloud service provider or have multiple options. Having your application run on a single cloud provider’s platform will make it easier to optimize but making it compatible with multiple cloud providers will make it more versatile and scalable.
- Establish KPIs and baselines. Before you begin cloud migration, you will also need to establish your key performance indicators (KPIs). You will need to define these metrics so you can assess how well your system is performing against your expectations. You’ll also need to get a clear read on your system’s baseline performance so you can identify when something is wrong.
- Create a plan. A third step you’ll need to do to prepare for cloud migration is to make a detailed plan and schedule for moving your data. Our team can help you with the planning stage and oversee the execution process to make sure everything goes as smoothly and efficiently as possible.