Question

A media company needs to migrate 400 TB of archived video footage from an on-premises datacenter to cloud object storage. Their internet connection is a shared 200 Mbps link that is also used for daily business operations, and the migration must be completed within two weeks. Which data migration approach best meets these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Use a physical data transfer appliance shipped to the datacenter, load the data locally, and ship it back to the provider for import

Answer

Configure a scheduled online sync tool to copy the data over the existing internet link during off-hours

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Provision a dedicated high-bandwidth private circuit and stream the data continuously until complete

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Compress the footage and upload it directly through the object storage web console in batches