{"id":9812,"date":"2017-10-11T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/11\/news-3585\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:00:23","slug":"news-3585","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/11\/news-3585\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing Whether You Really Have the Expertise to Successfully Migrate a Data Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:00:43 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conducting a data center migration requires having people on your IT staff with deep experience in such a project. By \u201cdeep\u201d I mean folks who have been through several data center migrations, enough to have learned about all the planning and finely tuned orchestration it takes to pull off a successful one \u2013 and what can go wrong if you fail to account for one aspect or another.<\/p>\n

In the course of their work with customers, Gartner analysts have witnessed plenty of data center migrations, and amassed lots of expertise about what it takes to pull off a successful data center move. Drawing from all that experience, they\u2019ve put together an eye-opening guide, titled, \u201cFifteen Best Practices for a Successful Data Center Migration<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In reading the guide, it\u2019s striking how many of the best practices come down to simply having experienced staff on hand. Without practical experience to draw on, companies may be lulled into thinking a data center migration is like moving from one house to another. As the Gartner guide says:<\/p>\n

“A key reason why migration projects fail is that I&O teams often think of migration primarily as an equipment-moving project. However, the majority of the work \u2014 as well as the majority of the risk \u2014 lies in developing a workload migration plan. The equipment is the easy part \u2014 workload placement, dependencies, business impact and risk are the hard parts.”<\/p>\n

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Workload placement, dependencies, business impact and risk \u2013 assessing these aspects of a data center migration requires expertise. And it\u2019s not all going to rest with one person, which means you\u2019ll need to assemble a team that collectively has the experience to handle the job.<\/p>\n

That team, Gartner points out, should have representatives from all the constituencies affected by the move, which includes all the various IT groups but also plenty of business stakeholders, who are crucial for helping to assess business impact and risk.<\/p>\n

Team members need to be experts in their domains, but Gartner cautions, \u201cBe realistic about the experience of these staff members, and be prepared to augment their skills with outside help as needed.\u201d Depending on the size and complexity of the migration, team members may need to be relieved of their day to day responsibilities \u2013 further complicating the staffing issue.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll take a strong, dedicated leader to direct this team, one with the authority to allocate resources and direct people, Gartner says.<\/p>\n

This team must account for all required resources for the move, some of which are probably not top of mind. A detailed inventory of equipment and applications may be an obvious one, but then you\u2019ll also need to consider all existing contracts for software, hardware, services, maintenance, disaster recovery, facilities and more.”<\/p>\n

The group will need to determine exactly what needs to be moved, when and how, which can become complex indeed given most companies can\u2019t afford any downtime \u2013 even while moving a data center. Gartner advises scheduling multiple migration rehearsals to \u201cvalidate assumptions and to determine critical information like migration time and resource availability.\u201d I\u2019m not sure rehearsing the migration is something most organizations would think to do, or know how to.<\/p>\n

Which gets to the larger point: these are not the sort of tasks your IT group is used to performing day to day. That\u2019s why Gartner\u2019s advice to be realistic about the experience of staff members rings true, as does their advice to not be shy about seeking outside help.<\/p>\n

Find out for yourself just what goes into a data center move. Click here<\/a> to get your complimentary copy of Gartner\u2019s \u201cFifteen Best Practices for a Successful Data Center Migration<\/a>.\u201d Check it out soon, as this report is available for a limited time.<\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:00:43 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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