Data Center Migration

OSP IT Services and Solutions Migration

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ITCenter successfully transformed the Data Center migration, reducing costs, mitigating business risks, and improving operational efficiency. This extensive migration project involved a dedicated team, collaborative partnerships, and the successful transfer of hundreds of servers and significant amounts of data, ensuring operational excellence in the ever-evolving IT landscape.

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Challenge

Transferring Data Center services and solutions in two critical phases.

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Timing: 

January 2023 – September 2023

February to April: Setup Phase

• Opening a new room and installing all necessary technologies: network, storage, backups, virtualization PoDs, server installation, and ensuring conditions for necessary accommodations.
• Installation at the Tagus DC of components necessary for the migration process.
• Infrastructure testing leading to the ready-for-service status of various technologies.
• Green light for the second project phase (migration) with migration tests concluded by the end of April 2023.

May to September: Migration Phase

• Migration of physical and virtual servers.
• Migration of networks/security and transformation of configurations: service, backups, management, point-to-point connections, and VIPs/balancing.
• Migration of reverse proxy publications (evolution from TMG to A10 technology).
• Migration of all backup policies.
• Migration of all associated storage (33 storage racks).

August to September: Decommissioning Phase

• Decommissioning and/or upgrading obsolete technologies: AIX operating systems; TMC technology (reverse proxy); domain controllers and their respective VMWARE PoDs.
• Removal of 55 tons associated with racks, servers, backup robots, storage, network, among other components.

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Main Goals:

• Transformation of Infrastructure (Server, Storage, Data Center Network, Load Balancers + Firewalls)
• Reduction of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Mitigation of Business Risks (Business Continuity)
• Enhancement of Operational Efficiency and Go-To-Market (GTM) Capabilities

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