Cloud Migration Services Consulting Services

Cloud migration involves transitioning applications, data, and workloads from one environment to another, such as moving from on-premise servers to a cloud platform or switching between providers. This is a time-bound project defined by a specific date and cutover, rather than a simple purchase completed upon signing.

Scope of Coverage

• Inventory and Assessment: Evaluating existing assets, understanding interdependencies, and identifying components suitable for direct lifting versus those requiring rework for the new environment.
• Workload Transition: Executing the transfer of applications and data, ensuring a tested fallback mechanism is available if the transition encounters issues.
• Strategic Re-architecture: Addressing known weaknesses during the migration process to avoid carrying them forward, optimizing costs by resolving issues in a single move.
• Cutover Management: Executing the final switch, implementing fallback procedures, and verifying the stability of the new environment before retiring the legacy system.

Precarious Failure Points

• Replicating Existing Issues: Migrating a slow, expensive, or fragile system to the cloud often preserves these characteristics. The move alters the location but not the underlying performance or efficiency.
• Unidentified Dependencies: Components relying on local paths or outdated database versions may fail unexpectedly after the initial transition, rather than immediately during cutover.
• Parallel Running Costs: Maintaining both environments simultaneously during the transition incurs significant financial costs. An indeterminate transition period results in ongoing, unnecessary expenditure.

Key Pre-Determinations

• Scope and Sequencing: Defining which workloads migrate first, which can wait, and establishing clear exit criteria for each stage.
• Cost Modeling: Analyzing the ongoing monthly cost structure of the new environment, including egress fees and idle capacity, beyond just initial launch figures.
• Rollback Strategy: Determining what state data is preserved, the duration of retention, and the specific triggers for reverting to the previous environment.

How NobleConsul Can Assist

Where applicable, NobleConsul can provide consulting support for assessing the fit of the current environment, sequencing workload migrations, and designing robust cutover and rollback plans.