IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration simplifies data movement and transformation. Read tool reviews to learn about features, competitors, and pricing.
By 2025, the world will generate 463 exabytes of data every day, and 85% of organizations will adopt a cloud-first strategy for their IT. This massive data growth and migration to the cloud has broad implications for cloud providers and other businesses alike.
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At the very least, this evolution means that commercial cloud providers must develop and adopt better ways to securely, affordably and quickly transfer terabytes and petabytes of data to the cloud. One of his active platforms in this space is IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration.
This review covers the key features of IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration and some alternatives in the cloud data migration space.
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What is IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration?
IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration, formerly known as IBM Mass Data Migration, is designed to transfer large data payloads using storage devices with capacities up to 120 TB in the transfer process.
These devices accelerate data movement to the IBM cloud and eliminate some of the key data transfer obstacles that organizations have faced with cloud data transfers over the years. Some of these obstacles include the high cost of data transfer to the cloud, bandwidth constraints that cause long data transfer times, as well as data transfer delays and concerns about data security during transfer.
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IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration is actually a physical data transfer method. Organizations subscribing to this service received preconfigured 120 TB storage devices from IBM. Both data encryption and data transfer are performed automatically when the user chooses which data to transfer to the device. The user then applies a pre-prepared shipping label to the device that already includes the name of the IBM cloud service center that uploads data to the cloud and erases the device.
Physical shipments can be completed according to a schedule set and managed by your IT department. You don’t have to worry about bandwidth constraints that the Internet or other wireless transfer methods can cause.
Features and benefits of IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration
Faster, more planned data migration
With RAID-6, IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration allows customers to migrate up to 120 TB of data to the cloud in just a few days. In contrast, a typical data transfer to the cloud over the internet can progress slowly as 1 TB of data in 34 hours.
Customizable and scalable data transfer
There is no longer any question as to when or if the Internet or any other form of online data transfer will provide the bandwidth required to complete the data transfer. With IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration, you can plan your workloads and data transfers and procure the number of IBM physical devices you need to accomplish them.
No learning curve
Physical devices from IBM are preconfigured and ready to use, so you can start transferring data as soon as you receive the device. Just identify the data you want to transfer. The IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration device and its embedded processes do the rest.
strong security standards
Data is encrypted before it is stored on physical devices provided by IBM. The device itself is sealed and tamper-proof. When the device arrives at IBM Cloud Center, the data from the device is uploaded to the cloud and the device is erased. With these security protocols in place, customers can rest assured that their data will not be intercepted while in transit over the Internet or other communication lines.
Pricing for IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration
IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration is priced at US$50 per day and includes device, optics, and shipping. Daily charges begin on the date the device is received from IBM and end on the date the device is returned to IBM for offload.
IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration Competitors and Alternatives
AWS Migration Service
AWS Migration Services includes options such as database and server migration support. This suite of services offers offline data storage appliances that customers can ship to Amazon data centers, where data is uploaded to the cloud.
All data migration services are free for Amazon AWS users. The downside is that AWS cloud data migration service only supports data transfer to his AWS cloud.
Microsoft Azure Migration Tool
Azure Migration Service and Database Migration Service are online data transfer services provided by Microsoft. Microsoft also offers offline Data Box hardware that uses AES encryption to protect your data. This hardware can be shipped to Microsoft Azure data centers.
All of these data migration services are provided free of charge. However, data transfer is only supported in Microsoft’s Azure cloud.
carbonite migrate
Carbonite Migrate is intended for enterprises that want to focus their cloud data transfer activities on data recovery instead of day-to-day data transfer operations. Carbonite Migrate’s focus on disaster recovery makes its technical and customer support team excellent.
Carbonite Migrate is also cloud vendor agnostic. We support data transfer to AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google and VMWare. All data transfers are done online. Carbonite does not offer physical hardware data transfer options.
Read the Carbonite Migrate review.
Micro Focus PlateSpin Migrate
Micro Focus PlateSpin Migrate supports multiple cloud environments including AWS, Microsoft Azure and VMware. This is a well-positioned product for enterprises working in multi-cloud environments.
PlateSpin Migrate has security down to the privilege level of individual users. PlateSpin Migrate does not use physical hardware devices, so data transfers are performed online.
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