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Migration in Cloud
Migrating to the cloud is a critical and often an intimidating experience. While you are eager to take the advantage of the opportunities that the cloud provides, both resources and downtime tolerance are limited. Avoiding the pitfalls associated with cloud migration is essential for a fast, seamless, and secure transition.
mbas-Migrate helps you to get there with our Cloud Enablement Services. We provide in-depth assessments and migration plans to address your current needs, infrastructure gaps, and business goals so you realize the full potential of your investment. Whether you plan a phased-in approach or a full-cloud implementation, we help you accelerate your cloud migration process and create a solid foundation for growth and agility.
Challenges in Cloud Data MigrationFollowing are the challenges faced in cloud data migration :
- Lack of qualified and experienced work force
- Poor data quality
- Lack of data security and confidentiality
- Data centric qualified tests
- Dependency and Relational data
- Lack of data volume planning
This section explains the details of the mbas-Migrate cloud migration process. The typical flow diagram for the mbas-Migrate process is as shown in the figure below :
The keys steps of the mbas-Migrate process are as explained below :
Data Synchronization : In this step, data is securely transmitted to mbas-Migrate without any changes to the source environment. There is also a provision to revert back the synchronized data at any point of time.
Cloud Monitoring : In this step, cloud implementation is attentively monitored to ensure that there is no impact on the customer's business-critical production environment.
Testing : In the testing phase, full and dedicated access for final testing and analysis along with test summary is provided. Testing begins when the environment is 100% synched, with the target environment. Once the customer is satisfied, a cloud migration cutover schedule is organized.
Cutover : In the cutover phase, automated scripts are used to eliminate any human error, thus ensuring that the customer's data is "live" in a very short-time.
Our mbas-Migrate proprietary approach has resulted in the successful migration of over thousands of machines across several client environments. The migration process ensures that the customer's systems remain online and their data stays secure. Our teams of experts efficiently handle the migration process so that our customers can focus on other business priorities. With a custom-designed strategic roadmap from mbas-Migrate, our customers are prepared to migrate to the cloud with confidence.
Accelerate and Secure Cloud Data MigrationWAN optimization technologies let companies do more with less, enabling them to transfer more data over a smaller network connection. Such efficiency could deliver significant improvements in both existing and new disaster recovery environments. WAN optimization leverages a host of technologies like protocol optimization, encryption, de-duplication and compression, which combine to provide consistent and secure high performance connectivity over the WAN.
- Faster and more efficient :
Data reduction technologies like compression and reduplication mean less data needs to be transferred, allowing the process to finish sooner. More efficient data transfer also means more data can be moved in smaller windows.
- Safer than shipping a disk subsystem or tapes :
As there is no physical piece of equipment containing data being shipped from place to place this method is safer than shipping a disk subsystem or tapes.
- Cost effective :
Users can push more data over a smaller network connection, minimizing network costs.WAN optimization solutions can improve network traffic management and efficiency, which could reduce total network consumption needs.
- Secure :
WAN optimization technologies provide secure communications by encrypting data in flight and authenticating users accessing applications and data. It can also help reduce the load on back end servers by offloading processor intensive security operations for SSL/TLS and network encryption.
- Less disruptive than backup or network copy :
Leveraging technologies like load balancing, critical applications can receive priority bandwidth allocation. To avoid disruption by the migration during the day, the migration can take priority during slower network periods, optimizing available bandwidth to meet business needs. Additionally, protocol optimization is used to reduce the impact of chatty protocols, streamlining communication between sites.
This section lists the features of managed cloud data migration :
- Unique Wizard based UI interface.
- Personalized forms using different profiles
- Permission to use various source files like XLS/CSV/TXT/XML/SQL server to migrate different data formats. Transaction based synchronization support.
- Report Generator to view and generate the reports
- Access to remote servers
- Supports different data sources
- Allows to modify the generated schema
- Column mapping
- Transforms the source data to the required destination data format
Following figure shows the data migration schematic diagram.
Benefits of Data Migration
The major benefit of data migration is that it is designed from grounds up to meet the demands of migration scenarios including cloud related technologies.Some of the other benefits of data migrations are as listed below :
- Encrypts data transfers for data security
- Synchronizes source with changes until final cutover
- Option to rollback at any time
- Network throttles, limit bandwidth used
- Built-in redundancies for minimal production impact
- Constant monitoring to ensure within specified parameters
- Fixed price for easy budgeting
- Limits involvement from your IT team
- Eliminates long-term hardware maintenance and replacement costs
- Minor bandwidth utilization costs
Disaster Recovery Services in Cloud
In today's world, it is important not only to protect your infrastructure, but also to meet the recovery time, recovery point, and cost expectations of the business. mbas cloud provides backup and disaster recovery hosting services to protect your systems at an optimized level as per your needs.
Historically, recovery solutions demand huge investments and have required companies to own multiple datacenters, employing highly technical support and maintenance staff. Recovery solutions typically consume about fifty percent of total IT budget to guarantee an always on infrastructure.
Challenges in Cloud Disaster Recovery :- Capability building for disaster recovery
- Identification of systems and network elements to be protected
- Identification of data to be protected
- Systems and network recovery
- Data recovery
- Periodic monitoring and auditing of implementation
- Paired with leading manufacturer technologies from EMC and VMware.
- Responsibility Matrix
A comprehensive disaster recovery strategy is essential to ensure that systems, network and data are quickly restored to normal operations in the event of a disaster. Disasters are disruptions, which cause the entire facility to be inoperative for a lengthy period. Disaster recovery ensures the total elements running in a hol/cold standby mode and resulting the standby to take control in case of any disaster being triggered. Every element like software, hardware including the location, power supplies, systems are designed from disaster recovery front. It encompasses the backup and restore which are helpful to take care of the data backup front.
Managed Cloud Disaster Recovery FeaturesThis section explains the features of mbas disaster recovery process
A) Backup Recovery Plan- Regular backups
- Archiving
- Project backups
- Safe Storage
Backups can be taken in any of the following frequencies:
- Daily
- Weekly
- Quarterly
The features of disaster recovery are as explained below:
- Geographically-dispersed data centers
- Application and Database deployed in high availability cluster
- Auto failover in 10 second to standby servers
- Auto service failure detection
- Allows you to use your current infrastructure and add additional infrastructure and services as you need them
- Paired with leading manufacturing technologies from EMC and VMware
- Dedicated mbas cloud support team, for rapid implementation and ongoing maintenance
- Phone Support:24x7x365 days
- Chat:24x7x365 days
- Trouble Ticket:24x7x365 days
Benefits of Cloud Disaster Recovery
Following benefits are offered by clod for disaster recovery :
- Peace of mind that your disaster recovery service is always on, and your data and applications are protected
- Cost reduction of up to seventy five percent associated with backup and disaster recovery deployments
- Elimination of infrastructure needs and reduced resource levels
- Certified and compliance met geographically-dispersed data centers
- Simpler, frequent, and less expensive recovery testing
- Assurance of business continuity and competitive advantage
Data Security in Cloud
Cloud computing solutions offer several benefits, most notably the scalable and flexible access to computing resources. However, the increased concentration of business data and computing power scales security risks as well, requiring special considerations and care from cloud providers.
Table 1: Comparison of on premise Vs mbas| On Premise | On Demand |
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Users from different departments can physically access the infrastructure |
The infrastructure can be remotely/physically accessed by authorized service providers only. |
High cost is involved for security of the data from external data threats and virus attacks. |
Minimum data security cost |
Qualified and experienced work force is required to manage the security |
The Management of the security will be taken care by service provider |
High resource cost is required to secure the data |
Minimum resource cost required to secure the data |
High infrastructure cost is required for proper data storage to secure the information |
Minimum infrastructure cost is required for proper data storage to secure the information |
Challenges in Cloud Data Security
Following are the challenges faced by cloud data security:
- Loss of governance
- Compliance risks
- Data abuse
- Data damage by malicious insiders
Cloud computing has led to a shift in how people think about IT systems architecture. Many organizations today are either implementing cloud-based solutions, or evaluating cloud-based solutions for future. According to Gartner Inc. cloud computing is "no less influential than e-business". This shift in architecture from an enterprise-based traditional server-based system to a cloud-based system will have associated costs of entry and risks, but it can result in enormous benefits in savings and in IT and business agility.
- Security Policy
An organization's security policy is its basic plan to protect data, devices and its network. The key is to determine what data and devices are the most sensitive and work backwards to data and devices that are less critical. Among many other elements, security policies cover; access rights of employees and outsiders, how to handle mobile workers, procedures for quickly terminating access rights of people who are fired or quit, and security maintenance procedures such as updates and patches.
- Network Security
Network security is a broad term that encompasses the protection, integrity and continuity of network-based assets, which include hardware, software and data, along with related network services. Key elements of network security include strong user policies, network-access controls, and intrusion-prevention systems, which fend off malicious attacks through the Internet or determine access to shared network software. Wireless networks require an even more intricate security matrix.
- Data Security
Data security is keeping all the information the enterprise controls safe, including everything stored on cell phones, laptops and other devices in the field. Though hard, the best approach is defense in depth, which relies on many approaches at many levels. While the details are complex, defense in depth relies on the common-sense assumption that malware or intruders that elude one level will be caught by another.
Following are the features of managed cloud data security:
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SSL Digital Certificate
Digital ID also known as a SSL digital certificate is a form of electronic credentials for the Internet. Digital certificate is issued by a trusted third party to establish the identity of the ID holder. Our cloud portal and ERP applications are secured with SSL 1024 bit encryption to ensure that the transactions and data transfers are secure and tamper proof. SSL certificates are been provided by authorized Certified Authorities (CA).
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Protect transactions and customer data with a SSL certificate
SSL Certificate is a powerful instrument to increase the security for making online financial transactions. All SSL security certificates secure credit card numbers, passwords, pins and other confidential information by encrypting it prior to departure between users and web servers.Customers can provide their payment details on the site as it is been protected using SSL certificate, the payments are secured by encrypting the payment details into unreadable form.
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Authorize two factor Authentications
When elements representing two factors are required for identification, the term two-factor authentication is applied. Smartcard and password based protection can be enabled to the ERP Application, which increases in access security for the application.
Following are benefits of cloud data security:
- Centralized Data
- Reduced data leakage
- Monitoring Benefits
- Incident response
- Password Assurance
- Logging
- More Security because of large scale
- Security as market demand
- More chances of standardization and collaboration
- Improved scaling of resources
- Evidence-gathering and Investigation
Backup in Cloud
In today's competitive market it is imperative for any enterprise to have a proper backup system in place. However there are few factors which usually get missed while taking backup, some of these are :
- Backing up critical data frequently
- Separating backup data from the source application
- Adhering to regulatory compliances
Apart from hardware failure sometimes even a human error is enough to trigger the backup operation. It is therefore essential to have a proper backup mechanism associated with the application. mbascloud backup solution offers a backup mechanism which is simple, secure and reliable.
Challenges in Data BackupSome of the challenges usually encountered while taking data backup are:
- Lack of capacity planning
- Extended restoration period
- Data theft
- Corruption/exposure of magnetic media
- Unforeseen costs
- Bandwidth saturation
- Lack of backup of the backup OR No backup of the backup
- Inadequate Security
- Management issues
- Backup agent
This section explains how our data backup mechanism overcomes the above mentioned challenges.
Enterprise Backup :Provides both local and remote data backup storage including file-level, bare-metal and system-state backup.
In the MBAS Cloud backup mechanism, incremental backup is scheduled on an hourly basis Along with an additional day wise backup. Day wise backups are maintained as per their versions, and stored separately in certified and additional data centers and tapes. In case of any disaster, the backup server data can be recovered from the other backup data centers.Following points enumerate the steps involved in our data backup setup:
- Data centers undertake the data backup as per the schedule and store current backups separately in other certified and additional data centers of the cloud.
- Customers can access and download the backup through the portal.
- Every customer can access only his data backup information. The mbascloud authorization mechanism ensures that only authorized members access the information ensuring complete data security and data integrity.
- Customers can view and download the version wise backup of their data from the portal.
Unplanned interruptions and loss of data can lead to decreased revenues and dissatisfied customers. When your data isn't protected, you are at risk. mbascloud secure data backup services allow you to effectively protect your data through advanced disk-based backup technologies instead of tape, so you get a fast, reliable, and cost-effective solution.
As part of a comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery solution, MBAS offers two managed data backup solutions to meet your needs:
Standard Backup:Provides disk-based backup at the block-level and bare-metal restores for fast backup and restore time. Backup is performed every 24 hours and only stored once across all the recovery points, increasing storage efficiency.
Enterprise Backup:Provides both local and remote data backup storage including file-level, bare-metal and system-state backup.From initial setup through configuration and deployment, mbascloud data backup services deliver a complete managed solution for your business. And, because mbascloud uses the latest storage technologies to provide superior security, functionality and reliability, you can feel confident your data is "always there" for recovery in the event of a system-impacting event or disaster.
Managed Data Backup Features Table 1: Features of Standard Vs Enterprise Backup below shows the comparison between standard and enterprise backup.| Feature | Standard Backup | Enterprise Backup |
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Daily Database backup |
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Weekly Database backup |
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Hourly differential Database backup |
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Self-service file restore from Customer Portal |
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Version wise Historical backup data visibility |
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Accelerated restores VM ware |
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Weekly Tape backup of Accelerated restores |
The schematic diagram for backup is as shown in the Figure 1.
Benefits of Cloud Data Backups
- Disaster recovery with secure offsite cloud backup
- Freedom from manual and complex backup tasks
- Predictable costs for simpler budgeting
- Reliable and guaranteed data recovery
- Minimized risks and costs of downtime
- Faster data restores
- Access to service provider's resources and business expertise
- Offloading of regulatory compliance requirements to the service provider
- Well-managed cloud, which is more secure than your own
- Ease of setup and use
- Set-and –forget implementation methodology
- No training required