Planning and practice of data center migration

The of data centers migration is often complex and risky. The following best practices will help organize managers to invest in appropriate time and funds for planning, executing and testing, so as to ensure the normal operation of the organization's business and maximize the chances of successfully migrating data centers.

Key challenges facing the organization
Host hosting, M & A activities, outdated facilities, integration measures, and new ways of increasing data center capacity often need to migrate IT devices from one data center to another.
Most data centers migrate due to improper planning or lack of specialized teams and resources, resulting in overspending and performance degradation.
Existing staff often lack experience in planning and organizing IT devices to migrate from one data center to another.
Planning of data center migration
The leaders of the organization plan the migration of data centers as part of the infrastructure delivery strategy.
If enterprises do not have professional knowledge and skills to plan, manage and execute data center migration projects effectively, it is an effective way to acquire external expertise by cooperation.
Design and implement a strong communication program at all stages of the project, often in contact with all affected public, and provide complete information.
The risk mitigation, migration, and retreat plans are developed through the use of the disaster recovery (DR) program.
The process of recording the whole project is constantly recorded and lessons and references are drawn up for future evaluation and closure.
This study examines the best practices of data center migration. This is not a comprehensive review of all the methods of migration. On the contrary, this is a best practice list to help business leaders succeed in the migration of data centers.
The migration of data centers is not just a infrastructure, but a shift from the A point to the B point. This is often a complex and dangerous project, and it is essential to have the right process and expertise. And making a perfect plan is crucial to the successful migration of the data center. However, if there is no suitable resource in the organization to make the right plan, we must combine these resources with the external resources, so that we can plan, manage and execute the transplant projects effectively. Enterprise leaders must prevent data center projects from causing adverse effects on business. They have to ensure that applications and services continue to run properly to ensure that the downtime is the shortest and the performance will not decline.
Most successful data center migration projects have similar practices, such as professional knowledge, preparation, management, execution, communication, and business alliances. The purpose of the study is not to study each of these practices in depth, but to provide a practical list of best practices. This is derived from many years of observation and summary of the practice of data center migration.
According to the successful steps of data center migration, the 15 best practices of data center migration are organized into five main steps as shown in Figure 1: startup, risk assessment, plan, execution and closing. However, the organization may change the order of these best practices based on its migration.