Server Migration

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Definition

Process of moving applications, data, and workloads from on-premises servers to cloud infrastructure with minimal downtime.

Real-World Example

Server Migration helps companies move their email servers to the cloud over a weekend without losing any emails or causing disruption.

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Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All four offerings help assess, replicate, and cut over servers/workloads to cloud infrastructure. AWS MGN focuses on lift-and-shift replication into AWS; Azure Migrate provides discovery, assessment, and migration tooling; Google’s Migrate to Virtual Machines supports migrating VMs into Google Cloud; OCI Cloud Migrations supports planning and executing migrations into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

AWS
AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
AZ
Azure Migrate
GCP
Migrate to Virtual Machines
OCI
OCI Cloud Migrations

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