Medium-scale cloud migration

Migrating multiple services to the cloud

Sometimes in-house teams don’t have the capacity or capabilities to handle certain aspects of a medium-scale cloud migration. This situation can result in analysis-paralysis, preventing migration from getting underway. DevOpsGroup’s cloud engineers work alongside customers’ own teams to ensure migrations involving multiple services are well planned and expertly implemented. We guide the overall process and take a hands-on approach where needed to ensure business goals are achieved.

Our medium-scale cloud migration service

Medium-scale cloud migrations involve multiple services or applications with n-tier (multi-tier) architectures. While they are less complex than largescale migrations, they can be challenging and require careful management. Target applications are likely to be based on a clustered relational database management system (RDBMS) or a non-relational database.

For projects of this nature, we typically work with the customer to plan, prepare and orchestrate migration to AWS or Azure. We identify issues that could delay migration, increase costs or prevent cloud benefits from being realised, then take steps to mitigate them.

“DevOpsGroup showed how quickly we can unlock added value from AWS if we work proactively to modernise applications during cloud migration.”

Paul Holden, VP Operations, BrightTALK

Cloud migration and modernisation

For medium-scale migrations, three DevOpsGroup engineers typically spend around three months supporting the customer. They’ll conduct discovery workshops and create an engineering backlog based on focused recommendations. Then they’ll support the modernisation of target workloads so they are optimised for the cloud environment.

Kick-off workshop, Migration Readiness Assessment
Operational discovery workshops
Well-Architected Review, technical due diligence
Architecture diagram, high-level migration plan

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Kick-off workshop, Migration Readiness Assessment

Operational discovery workshops

Well-Architected Review, technical due diligence

Architecture diagram, high-level migration plan

Manage risks, maximise benefits

Stakeholder alignment

When multiple services are moving to the cloud, different teams may have different expectations and requirements. We ensure everyone is on the same page.

Risks identified and mitigated

Many factors can delay migration or result in user disruption during the process. We identify them upfront so they can be managed with care.

Workloads optimised for the cloud

Our engineers modernise services and applications using techniques such as automation and IaC to take advantage of cloud capabilities.

A seamless transition

We support everything from planning and preparation to implementation, using technologies such as containers where necessary to ensure a smooth journey to the cloud.

Why choose DevOpsGroup?

Collectively, our cloud engineers have handled hundreds of migrations to AWS and Azure. They’ve got the proven skills and knowledge to ensure your medium-scale migration achieves everything you want it to.

Advanced AWS Consulting Partner with Migration and DevOps Competencies.
Microsoft Gold Partner status (DevOps and Cloud Platforms).
Experience handling large and complex migrations.
Expert insights that make a difference.

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Advanced AWS Consulting Partner

Microsoft Gold Partner status

Experience handling large and complex migrations

Expert insights

Webinar specialist reaps the benefits of a ‘migrate and modernise’ approach

BrightTALK wanted to leverage the advantages of its migration to AWS quickly and seamlessly without the risk of user disruption. DevOpsGroup implemented a proof of concept ‘migrate and modernise’ approach to demonstrate how this could be achieved. We used container technology to improve operability without the need for a full rebuild.

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How do we do it?

Cloud migration is a one-off event for our customers, but business as usual for us. Our engineers are capable and confident in the cloud, and they’ll ensure your team gets off to a flying start in the new environment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Medium-scale migrations are smaller, involving fewer services and a lower level of complexity. These projects tend to include up to 5TB of data, ten physical hosts and up to 400 VMs. Anything involving more than 5TB would generally be considered largescale.

A medium-scale migration usually takes around three months, and no longer than six months. We provide more definite timescales once we’ve discussed the scope of the project.