Best Practices
- Does the data need to be transformed?
- Is the data relational?
- Is the migration HBase (Hadoop database) to noSQL?
- Do VM instances need migration?
- Migrate for Compute Engine
Data as Objects Migration
| Step | Description |
|---|
| 1. Organize team | Identify approvers and execution teams |
| 2. Requirements and resources | Which data? Where to? |
| 3. Choose transfer options | How long? Cost? Offline vs online, security |
| 4. Execute prep and testing | Calculate costs and ROI, functional and performance tests |
| 5. Certify transfer’s integrity | Enable versioning and backup and destination, validate data prior to moving |
Big Data Migration Decision Tree
