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22 November 2022

When businesses outgrow their existing infrastructures, they need to move to new premises that are better suited to their growth and needs. In such cases, companies often also choose to relocate their data centres for reasons such as saving unnecessary costs or for security issues.

Data is absolutely crucial for businesses and helps to keep them functioning. Companies cannot risk losing their essential data, which is why they don’t hesitate to relocate their data centres when necessary. 

Data centre relocation is a tricky, complex, and extensive IT management process that should be handled with the utmost care. Any minor mistake could lead to equipment damage or data and revenue loss, which could cause numerous issues for an organisation.

At Redpalm, our IT specialists understand the importance of creating an effective and efficient data centre relocation project plan. We can help you safely migrate your data centre and ensure that your essential data is protected and your company continues to run smoothly.

We’ve come up with a few helpful data centre migration tips to help you out. Let’s check them out.

1. Create an Efficient Plan

When it comes to data centre relocation, an effective plan is essential to ensure the success of the process. Firstly, you will need to identify the type of migration and the tasks required to complete it.

You should also consider appointing a project management team, consisting of technical staff who are familiar with the setup of your existing data centre. A knowledgeable team will be well-equipped to handle such a migration with ease.

You will also need to hire a highly skilled and trusted IT services company to help you manage the move without unwanted surprises. Our IT experts at Redpalm have experience in data centre migrations, and we can help you ensure that the process runs smoothly.

Get in touch with us for a hassle-free data centre relocation process.

2. Evaluate and Verify Data Centre

When choosing your potential data centre for the shift, you need to check its suitability and also ensure that it meets your company’s data security and compliance requirements. Assess the new data centre’s resources, including their equipment, networking capabilities, backup electrical power, disaster recovery measures and more.

Regardless of what your chosen data centre has promised on paper, you need to send a team to verify that the new centre is as specified. Assess their infrastructure and test their compatibility and network latency to ensure that there will not be any issues at the last minute.

In some cases, there may be additional hardware or networking resources required that may affect your data centre relocation and lead to more expenses. These factors need to be taken into consideration when selecting your new data centre to ensure your business’ smooth functioning post-migration.

3. Plan Your Hardware Relocation

Data centre migration will involve extensive movement of your essential hardware. This includes relocating your servers and other network infrastructure, which can be quite a complicated process and needs to be handled with care.

Firstly, you’ll need to take an inventory of all your existing hardware. This will allow your project management team to keep track of the data centre infrastructure during the migration. 

Data centre relocation requires transporting fragile hardware, as well as unplugging, replugging, uninstalling and reinstalling multiple pieces of equipment. Servers also need to be carefully transported as they are sensitive to several environmental conditions and electrostatic discharge. Our team of IT specialists can help you safely dismantle, transport, restack and reinstall your data centre equipment without causing any damage.

Call us for a smooth and safe data centre migration.

4. Plan Your Data Relocation

Another crucial part of data centre relocation is migrating your data and applications. If certain applications require refactoring before relocation, your project management team will need to create a test plan. This will ensure that the applications continue to function properly at the proposed data centre.

When it comes to transferring data to your new data centre, there are multiple potential methods to do this, including network-based data transfer, backup drives and portable media. Different kinds of data will require different methods, and the transfer will need a stable network and bandwidth availability.

We can help you safely and efficiently migrate your data and make any necessary changes to your IT architecture. A well-planned and executed migration will also help to avoid risks and minimise your downtime.

Contact Redpalm for a Smooth Data Centre Migration

Are you looking to relocate your data centre? Redpalm is here to help you!

We have years of experience in the IT industry and our highly-skilled specialists can provide you with a wide range of IT services and solutions. Our services include data centre migration, data backup management, disaster recovery, cyber security and more.

With our technical expertise, we can tailor our IT services to suit your business requirements. We’ll also help you monitor and maintain your IT infrastructure to keep your business running smoothly.

Check out our IT services and reach out to us to learn more about our data centre migration processes.

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