10 Key Facts About Cloud Migration Challenges

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Cloud migration timelines 10 Key Facts About Cloud Migration Challenges Channel partners can play a role in cloud deployments and management services to reduce downtime and ensure the migrations go as smoothly as possible. Migration Plans Across organizations of all sizes, public clouds and private clouds are expected to grow 22% and 15%, respectively, year-over-year […]

Written By: Gina Roos
Apr 28, 2016
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1 - 10 Key Facts About Cloud Migration Challenges10 Key Facts About Cloud Migration Challenges

Channel partners can play a role in cloud deployments and management services to reduce downtime and ensure the migrations go as smoothly as possible.

2 - Migration PlansMigration Plans

Across organizations of all sizes, public clouds and private clouds are expected to grow 22% and 15%, respectively, year-over-year for the next two years, while virtual machines and physical machines are expected to decline by 25% and 31%, respectively.

3 - Cloud AdoptersCloud Adopters

At large companies (with 1,000 or more employees), public clouds and private clouds are expected to grow 52% and 31% year-over-year for the next two years, while virtual machines and physical machines are expected to decrease by 29% and 30%.

4 - Platform LeadersPlatform Leaders

42% of respondents use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for current production workloads, followed by VMware (29%). All other platforms account for 29%, of which physical machines account for only 7%.

5 - Migration DriversMigration Drivers

The top drivers for migration include high availability (27%), reliability (21%), cost savings (21%), and security and compliance (20%).

6 - Target WorkloadsTarget Workloads

The top workload types for migration include testing/development (13.7%), Web applications (13.5%), Websites (13%) and databases (13%).

7 - Downtime for MigrationDowntime for Migration

44% of respondents said they can’t afford any downtime during a migration, or at most, just under one hour; 49% have a downtime window of one hour to one day.

8 - Top ConcernsTop Concerns

The top considerations for choosing a target cloud platform include reliability (22%), high availability (20%), security and compliance (17%) and cost savings (15%).

9 - Biggest ChallengesBiggest Challenges

The biggest migration challenges include minimizing downtime (25.5%), performance impact on production (20.2%), technical challenge/feasibility (19.3%), minimizing loss of data (18.9%) and keeping costs per plan (16%).

10 - Cost EstimatesCost Estimates

55% of respondents estimated the migration cost at $101to $500 per server; 13% estimate the cost at $501 to $1,000 per server; and 4% estimate the cost at more than $1,000.

11 - Migration TimeMigration Time

The execution phase of the migrations lasted, on average, six months, or 45% of a total project’s time. Planning lasted 13 weeks, or 23% of a total project’s time; proof of concept took seven weeks (12%); and test and optimize lasted 12 weeks (20%).

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