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Cloud Migration Strategies: The 7 Rs of Cloud Migration
- A migration strategy is integral to move workloads, data, and applications to the cloud.
- AWS provides a flexible framework of 7 R's strategy to guide businesses in migration.
- The 7 R's are Retain, Relocate, Rehost, Replatform, Repurchase, Refactor, and Retire.
- Businesses can assess their current environment, estimate TCO, and evaluate their cloud readiness to define the migration plan.
- The mobilize phase involves creating a migration-ready environment by upskilling teams, building a landing zone, and ensuring security and compliance.
- AWS provides a comprehensive set of migration tools like AWS Migration Hub, AWS Application Discovery Service, AWS Application Migration Service, AWS Database Migration Service, AWS Snowball, and AWS Snowmobile.
- Incremental migration can be implemented to reduce downtime and manage risks during the migration.
- Post-migration, businesses can modernize their applications using AWS tools and services like serverless architectures, containers and microservices, AI/ML and data analytics.
- Operational health can be maintained by monitoring and optimizing performance, security, compliance, and using managed services like AWS Systems Manager.
- By selecting the right strategy, companies can ensure a smooth and efficient migration process, reduce risk, and improve operational efficiency.
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