Depending on the costs associated with termination, you may elect to hold off migration for a period of time, or to find another strategy that is more cost-effective. This includes any termination clause (if applicable), and any penalties that may be associated with leaving prior to the term of the contract, if your organization is choosing to do so. Managing Current Data Center Contractual Obligations Prior to initiating any data center migration strategy, you will need to conduct a thorough review of the existing contractual obligations and conditions related to the current data center you are migrating away from. However, there are many moving parts to manage throughout the process, including current data center contractual obligations, hardware inventory, communications inventory, applications inventory – and the list just seems to go on. This migration of data may seem like it should be a relatively straightforward, simple operation. Unfortunately, data center migration is a particularly complicated process that involves the deployment and transfer from one (existing) data environment to another operating environment. For example, a data center migration can be triggered by a data center consolidation after a merger, because of an expansion during an end-of-lease situation in order to abide by regulatory requirements, due to a move to the cloud, or by way of a number of other scenarios.
Executing a Flawless Move from Start to Finish There are many reasons why an organization may need to migrate a data center (DC).