For millennial enterprise owners, moving to Cloud Hosting seems to be the most widely adopted practice to upgrade their tech operations. After all, a service that is cost-efficient, scalable in terms of its resources, and is more secure has all the potential to boost your business. However, the decision of moving to Cloud Hosting from your traditional hosting setup itself is an important one and comes with its own set of clauses. It is like shifting to a new house or moving to a new city. To be able to adapt to your new environment, you need to have proper planning and preparation so your move is hassle-free and successful.
Once you decide to migrate to a Cloud Hosting platform, make a checklist of things to do when moving. Some of them are:
1. Assess your process architecture
Is your current system architecture designed to handle the complexities of a Cloud Hosting environment? Do your applications and processes need to be redesigned? If yes, then before you migrate your setup, get the system engineers to integrate all software components, data, functionalities, etc. with the cloud-based application. This will help you migrate your operations seamlessly and you can avoid any kind of operational gaps that might occur if your current system is not aligned with your new one.
2. Choose the right hosting provider
Your Cloud Hosting service is only as good as the hosting provider. So, before you even get yourself ready to migrate, it is important to find an efficient and reliable Cloud Hosting provider. A good service provider will not only offer you a service package that meets your requirements, but also help you with the migration process and post-migration support. Whether you need to scale up your current resources or are looking to manage your costs, the right hosting provider is the key to a successful cloud migration.
3. Get a complete data backup
Needless to say, you cannot lose a byte of your business data. So, before your tech team implements any application to the cloud platform, make sure they run micro and macro level backups for every piece of data, software, files, and applications, in order to avoid any loss of data during or after the migration. You can opt for the redundancy enabled backup tools that your hosting provider offers. Once you are up and running on the cloud server, all your applications will run seamlessly.
4. Run constant tests
Pre-migration, run a test of your current workload and determine what kind of resources you need to run your current applications on the cloud. Estimating the kind and capacity of the storage, network, the number of virtual servers, expected security level, etc., will help you calculate your probable cost better. Get your experts to run cloud-based scenarios and test cases. Once you have migrated, you need to run further tests to check for any effect of the move on your process and application. In case of any glitches or bugs, you need to get them fixed before it affects your system performance.
On a parting note…
Migrating to a Cloud Hosting platform is more than a smart operational move. It’s the need of the hour. And to ensure that you have your tech infrastructure in the right hands, you need a robust hosting system and a certified service provider, one that empowers you with smart tools and makes your migration a successful process.
