Types of cloud migration strategies
The three basic types or patterns of migration to the cloud are listed next. They are listed from the easiest and fastest, with some drawbacks, to the most difficult, with greater benefits:
- Lift and shift
- Move and improve
- Rip and replace
Now, let’s dive deeper into the types of cloud migration strategies, along with their pros and cons.
Lift and shift (rehosting)
One advantage of lift and shift (rehosting) is that it takes less time than traditional hosting methods. It requires very little refactoring and takes less time to implement. Nevertheless, lifting and shifting could lead to a bare minimum number of changes, so you might not see the benefits you would see by going cloud-native. In the short term, speed and ease could cost you more than a more thorough migration – especially when compared to speed and ease in the short term.
Those organizations that are still far from cloud maturity can take advantage...