Lift and Shift Cloud Migration

Rapid cloud migration with minimal application changes and immediate infrastructure cost savings

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Lift and Shift Strategy

Lift and shift (rehosting) migrates applications to cloud without code modifications by moving virtual machines or containers as-is. This fastest cloud migration approach delivers immediate 30-50% infrastructure cost savings, completes in weeks vs months, and minimizes business disruption. AGM Network executes lift and shift migrations achieving 60% cost reduction, 99.95% uptime, and zero data loss.

When to Use Lift and Shift:

  • Datacenter Exit: Urgent lease expiration or hardware EOL
  • Quick Wins: Immediate cost reduction before modernization
  • Compliance: Cloud residency requirements (data sovereignty)
  • Testing: Prove cloud viability before re-architecting

Migration Methodology

1. Discovery & Assessment

Inventory applications, map dependencies, calculate TCO. Use tools like Azure Migrate, AWS Application Discovery.

2. Wave Planning

Group applications by dependencies and risk. Pilot with low-risk apps, scale to mission-critical with proven runbooks.

3. Landing Zone Setup

Configure VPCs, network connectivity, IAM, monitoring. Implement security controls per best practices.

4. Replication

Block-level replication with AWS MGN, Azure Site Recovery. Initial sync followed by delta replication with <5min lag.

5. Testing & Cutover

Validate functionality, performance, integrations. Execute cutover during maintenance window with rollback plan.

6. Optimization

Right-size instances, implement auto-scaling, enable reserved instances. Plan modernization roadmap.

Migration Tools by Cloud Provider

☁️ AWS Migration Tools

AWS Application Migration Service: Automated lift and shift with continuous replication
AWS Database Migration Service: Migrate databases with minimal downtime
AWS DataSync: File server migration to EFS or S3

☁️ Azure Migration Tools

Azure Migrate: Unified hub for discovery and migration
Azure Site Recovery: Disaster recovery and migration replication
Azure Database Migration Service: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL migration

☁️ Google Cloud Tools

Migrate for Compute Engine: VM migration from on-prem or other clouds
Database Migration Service: MySQL, PostgreSQL migration with CDC
Transfer Service: Bulk data transfer from S3 or on-premises

Lift and Shift vs Other Migration Strategies

Strategy Timeline Cost Savings Risk
Lift and Shift 2-8 weeks 30-50% Low
Replatform 3-6 months 40-60% Medium
Refactor 6-18 months 60-80% High

Accelerate Your Cloud Migration

Achieve 60% cost reduction and complete migration in weeks with AGM Network lift and shift services.

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