Fix Your Databases now as You Migrate to the Cloud
by Hulda Echave A cutting-edge global cloud solutioIf you have lame databases in your on-premises systems, don’t move them to the cloud. They’ll still be lame databases.
As
thousands of enterprises move their application workloads and data to
the cloud, too many move whatever they have, include their lame
databases. It’s easy to just lift and shift them you’ll find the popular
on-premises databases also available in the cloud. So you end up with
the same limitations, just running somewhere new.
Don’t do that. Instead, reevaluate the type, and the brand of databases you’re using as part of your cloud migration.
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Use the cloud migration effort
to vastly improve your data management and data use capabilities. For
example, consider moving from SQL or relational databases to NoSQL or
object-based databases, which maybe a better fit for your patterns of
data use.
Yes, that means the database must be redesigned,
reformatted, and transformed. Fortunately, there are many tools for
the job, and most can make short work of it.
Too many enterprises
treat their data like a graveyard, sacred and never to be disturbed.
I’ve found that trying to get the people charged with the data to think
about changing anything is an all but impossible task. I get it: The public cloud is scary enough. Changing the database engine too is unthinkable.
But,
let me make my case. If you’re moving the data anyway, it’s much
cheaper to make the changes now, including changes to the applications
that produce and consume the data, than it is to put the data on the cloud and change it later.
Remember:
You only need to go though a single test and acceptance process, versus
two, if you do it as part of your cloud migration effort. And did I
mention that there are already best practices and tools to make the
transformation easy?
I understand that it takes money, time,
risk, and all that translates into fear. I’ve been told that smart
enterprise IT employees learn to keep their heads down for survival. But
that’s not smart.
Data is still king. Limitations that many
enterprises have accepted over the years have lead to limitations in the
business itself. Why limit your business when you can fix it now?
So, fix your databases now as you migrate them to the cloud.
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