Migration - Introduction Flashcards
What is storage migration?
AWS storage gateway and Snowball
What is the server migration service?
virtual appliance that automates on-prem vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V VMs to AWS; replicate VMs to AWS, sync volumes and create periodic AMIs; only supports Windows and Linux VMs only;
What is the database migration service?
with Schema conversion tool helps customer migrate databases to RDS or an EC2; supports simpler conversion as well as MongoDB and DynamoDB
What is the application discovery service?
gathers info of on-prem data centers for migration planning; collects configs, usage and behavior; only supports linux and windows
What are best practices for migration in regards to IPs?
Ensure VPC and on-prem don’t overlap, VPC supports /16 to /28 addresses only and 5 IPs are reserved in every VPC
What are best practices for migration in regards to IPs?
Ensure VPC and on-prem don’t overlap, VPC supports /16 to /28 addresses only and 5 IPs are reserved in every VPC
What are best practices for migration in regards to network migrations?
VPN to AWS is usually first; direct connect if usage grows; direct connect setup allows for VPN usage with the same BGP prefix; direct connect is always preferred
What is the AWS Snow family?
import/export process; move massive amount of data and from AWS; data transfer depends on the carrier; encrypted at rest
What is AWS import/Export?
ship an external hard drive to AWS
What is AWS Snowball?
ruggedized NAS in a box with up to 80 TB of data which will be copied to S3
What is AWS Snowball Edge?
Same as Snowball, but use Lambda and clustering which offer compute resources
What is AWS Snowmobile?
shipping container full of storage for up to 100 PB
What framework could assist an organization with understanding how cloud migration works?
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework; creates a mental model to establish areas to focus
