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Data Migration Solutions

Move files between devices--without downtime and without affecting users

You might need to perform data migration--the process of moving data between storage devices--for any number of reasons, including file server or Network Attached Storage (NAS) consolidations, lease rollovers, platform upgrades, and vendor transitions. These migrations are often costly, time-consuming, and disruptive, and they almost always require service outages and manual reconfiguration of client systems and applications.

F5's intelligent file virtualization solution enables file-based data migration without downtime and without complex reconfiguration. Data migrations can take place automatically, online, and without disrupting your business.

Why do I need file-based data migration?

Business benefits of using F5 for file-based data migration include:

  • No client reconfiguration required.
    This can reduce migration times by as much as 90%, speeding upgrades, consolidations, and storage platform changes.
  • No impact on user access.
    Powerful policies can automate the movement of entire file systems or just individual files between heterogeneous storage devices for both NFS and CIFS-oriented data.
  • Reduced operational overhead.
    A result of streamlining migration with automated data movement.
  • No need for stubs, pointers, or log files for data movement.
    These can reduce availability and add complexity to the backup and restore window.
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Migrate huge amounts of data non-disruptively with solutions from F5

How do I implement file-based data migration?

When you use intelligent file virtualization to implement a data migration plan, you virtualize your file storage environment. This eliminates the rigid mapping between clients and physical file location, and creates a logical representation of file content. This virtualized environment lets you streamline and automate file movement between storage devices--even devices from different vendors--so migrations can take place without affecting the way client drives are mapped.

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What F5 offerings do I need for a data migration solution?

F5 ARX® intelligent file virtualization devices make the physical location of files irrelevant in terms of file access. These devices provide a rich set of management policies that simplify data migration and reduce disruptions and operational costs. F5 solutions also eliminate "vendor lock-in," so you can choose the storage technology you need based on business and IT requirements.

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