Google cloud database migration is a widely requested service for businesses in the UK and globally. Aelius Venture houses skilled dedicated teams with ample IT outsourcing expertise, delivering Google cloud database migration services. We have been doing this since 2014 and We are quite an expert at that!
Managed Google Cloud Database Migration Services from Aelius Venture
Google Cloud Platform is one of the top-3 cloud service providers worldwide, and many businesses decide to move their IT operations there. This is why Google database migration services are quite often requested, and Aelius Venture has ample experience in delivering them. Be it a database migration process from an on-prem SQL server to a Google Cloud SQL database instance, or migration from Amazon RDS to a Google cloud database — we’ve got you covered!
Google Cloud Database Migration Consulting
While the migration process between the source database and the target database is crucial for many types of IT projects, it is not an easy feat to accomplish. To select the best approach and execute the database migration flawlessly, you’d need diligent database migration consulting from an experienced Managed Services Provider, like Aelius Venture. We can develop a roadmap and milestones for your database migration from any on-prem or cloud platform to Google cloud. We have been doing our best since 2014.
Lift-and-Shift or Migrate-and-Upgrade Database Migrations for Your Business
There are multiple variants of database migration approaches. Sometimes standard tools will do, but sometimes, one needs a bespoke approach — like when a business must swap the databases and update them to the latest versions and renditions to ensure security and cross-compatibility. Aelius Venture has ample expertise with such transitions and updates and can help select the best approach for your case.
Any Kind of Google Database Migration Service for Your Business!
Google Cloud Platform is one of the most popular cloud service providers worldwide and many companies want to migrate their workloads to it or start their new projects there. However, in many cases, such a transition requires a database migration to Google cloud, and moving huge volumes of data from the source to the target database is a very resource-costly endeavor. This is why the companies willing to execute a cloud database migration search for consulting first.
The point is, multiple parameters affect the very possibility of database migration or its roadmap. For example. if you wish to migrate your database instance from Amazon Web Services to Google Cloud Platform, you can use AWS Database Migration Service and Google Database Migration Service tools. These services cover a wide range of databases:
– Cloud Spanner
– Cloud SQL
– Cloud Bigtable
– Cloud Firestore
– Firebase Realtime Database
– Cloud Memorystore
These Google-based databases can fully or partially comply with the source databases used in your project. If the compliance is full, the migration will be as simple as creating a source database dump, uploading it to a target database instance, and restoring it to a new database.
But if your project uses an outdated database version and relies on some features that were later deprecated, database migration to GCP can cause significant backward compatibility problems. There are several variants of dealing with this challenge:
– Updating the database on-prem to the latest version available. Sometimes, the updated database then becomes compatible with the cloud-based counterparts and can be migrated with a simple dump/restore.
– Moving all the available data through dump/restore and filling in the gaps. Sometimes the database has to be replaced from scratch. In this case, a team of Database administrators must prepare the Python scripts that will check the consistency of the target database after migration and help copy the remaining data manually.
The second approach is the hardest one, as there are no ready scenarios for such cases. Each project of this kind is unique and the only way to ensure success is to employ a team of skilled DBAs, who will be able to execute such a process successfully.
Google Database Migration Consulting Services
Therefore, before even considering performing a Google database migration, a business must have a clear understanding of what data they will be able to migrate, how long will it take and how much will it cost. Such a type of database migration consulting can be received from several sources:
Google-verified database migration partners and providers. There are quite a lot of companies that engage in such projects, with the full list available on the GCP website. This is a reliable approach with a single downside — Google migration partners will use GCP-specific tools, which can potentially lead to vendor lock-in. To avoid this, you should specifically request them to replace certain Google-native services and tools with their open-source counterparts — which is nigh impossible, if you don’t have the expertise of successful database migrations yourself.
Managed Services Providers with ample experience in database migrations. These IT outsourcing companies provide end-to-end solutions, not only delivering the required Google database migration services but also designing and implementing the needed cloud infrastructure to run your project. What is most important, this infrastructure will include only the necessary Google-specific components and the rest will be built using open-source cloud-native analogs.
Thus said, Aelius Venture is one of the top-10 Managed Services Providers worldwide and we have ample experience with database migration from and to Google Cloud Platform:
– Migrate MySQL RDBMS from AWS EC2 to Google Compute Engine
– Migrate MySQL RDBMS from AWS EC2 to Google CloudSQL
– Migrate MySQL RDBMS from AWS RDS to Google Compute Engine
– Migrate MySQL RDBMS from AWS RDS to Google CloudSQL
– Migrate MySQL RDBMS from on-premise to Google Compute Engine
– Migrate MySQL RDBMS from on-premise to Google CloudSQL
– Migrate MySQL RDBMS from AWS RDS, AWS EC2, on-premise, Google Compute Engine, Google CloudSQL to Percona XtraDB Cluster
We also work with many other SQL and NoSQL databases:
– MySQL
– PostgreSQL
– Redis
– Aurora
– Redshift
– Mongo DB
– Maria DB
– Cassandra
Thus said, we can assess the state of your infrastructure, propose the approach to database migration, create a roadmap, and deliver the end-to-end solution for your business.
Lifting & Shifting or Upgrading Your Databases
As we said above, there are multiple approaches to database migration to the Google Cloud Platform. When the databases are compatible, we assure the destination cloud infrastructure is reliable and scalable, and simply lift-and-shift your data. When only the versions of the source and the target database differ, upgrading/updating can be enough to move to a new database instance. However, most of the time, we have to develop and implement bespoke database solutions to secure the data and ensure the continuity of workflows. We have done this since the day we started in 2014.
This is where Aelius Venture excels, as more than 7 years of experience and more than 200 accomplished projects ensure our ability to meet database migration requirements for our customers and exceed their expectations. If you need our help with Google Cloud database migration — contact us today, we are ready to assist!