Year by year, more companies tend to prefer cloud services. The advanced cloud architecture enables easy adaptation to loads, whereas the simplicity of adding new services lets instantaneously respond to volatile requirements of your business, create projects at a fast clip, and release projects while preserving fine reliability and innovative nature.
Selectel will help your applications and services seamlessly migrate to the cloud with minimal risks and in predictable time. Moreover, all data security requirements will be respected and observed.
Tap into the Cloud Technology
Move local infrastructure components or the whole system to the cloud. Effortlessly manage the computing capacity, distribute access to resources and projects in a jiffy, store data securely, and pay as you go. The new place for your resources can be Selectel products or clouds of our partners.
How to Migrate to the Cloud
Existing IT Landscape Audit &
Planning
We will evaluate the capabilities of the existing infrastructure, identify its weaknesses, recommend enhancements, and plan migration works.
Testing &
Trial Run
Before the prototype trial, we will test only few functions of the designed solution. This way we will be able to consider all the migration aspects to make it smooth.
Gradual Migration &
Launch
We will migrate the services you need to the cloud, step by step. The idle time of data systems will be cut to the minimum. Once everything is all set, you will be able to start full in-cloud operation.
Infrastructure Maintenance &
Personnel Training
Training can be in any form you like (online or on-site). We will reveal all the secrets of the cloud infrastructure to your engineers. We will meticulously monitor your infrastructure and control its operation.
Migration Strategies
Lift-And-Shift
Move a part of the infrastructure or the entire system from the local environment to the cloud space, with no architectural changes on the way. This approach is the fastest and safest — it requires fewer resources but cloud capabilities are used to the limited extent.
Replatform
Organize the infrastructure migration with the system infrastructure transformation. For instance, you can change the way the application interacts with the database or apply the auto-scaling to enjoy the benefits of the cloud platform.
Repurchase
Use another product. Sometimes this means terminating the existing license and adaptation of the services to the new platform. For example, if you want to move your email resources to the cloud, consider using the ready-to-go cloud services.
Platforms to Deploy Your Services At
Selectel is VMware Enterprise’s verified partner (VMware Cloud Verified). This guarantees that Selectel customers always get the finest possible level of the infrastructure implementation.
From the private cloud powered by VMware
When moving the services from the VMware private cloud to the Selectel VMware-based cloud, VMware vCloud Director® Extender and VMware vCloud® Availability are used. For large-scale infrastructures, we use VMware HCX®. These tools allow for short-idle migration and organizing hybrid infrastructures, while keeping some of virtual machines on your side.
From physical and virtual machines
When moving the resources organized not with the use of VMware (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack), we use the tools for converting disk images into VMware virtual machine images.
When moving the data system from the customer infrastructure to the Selectel Cloud, we use the conventional Lift-And-Shift methods, creating images of virtual machines or physical servers.
Depending on the project scale and operating load requirements, migration processes may involve CI/CD with the use of Jenkins, Terraform, and other tools.
Migration can be performed idle-free.
We will organize the IT infrastructure conforming to personal data protection requirements — up to (Highest) Security Level 1 — and located within the vendor jurisdiction.
To ensure the conformity to Russian Federal Law 152-FZ, we regularly analyze (certify) the efficiency of personal data security.
When moving the data systems to the certified data center segment or cloud conforming to Russian Federal Law 152-FZ, you can use the Selectel evaluation and services:
- Audit, design, ISPD certification.
- Provision of data security tools.
- Provision of information security and data protection services.
When moving the data system from the customer infrastructure to the Selectel physical dedicated servers, we use the conventional Lift-And-Shift methods and Veeam® tools that create images of virtual machines or physical servers. The key feature of such projects is two-hour preparation of servers from the wide range of ready-made migration configurations.
Migration can be performed idle-free.
Selectel is the Amazon Web Services partner.
For large-scale server migration, we use the AWS Server Migration Service (SMS). AWS SMS automatically copies volumes of AWS servers and creates the machine images called Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
For database migration, we use the AWS Database Migration Services (DMS).
AWS DMS allows data migration to the AWS platform with the shortest possible idle time.
Alternatively, we can use CloudEndure®. This service ensures automated migration even of a complex infrastructure.
Selectel is the Microsoft partner
If the customer data system employs the Windows and Linux infrastructure, the migration involves the Azure Site Recovery.
For moving local databases, we use the Azure Database Migration Service.
Selectel is the Alibaba Cloud partner
To move the customer infrastructure, we use the set of tools developed and supplied by Alibaba Cloud. They create the image of every server based on which a virtual machine is created in the Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS).
Selectel is the Google Cloud partner
To move the customer IT infrastructure, we use special migration tools. For instance, if the data system is located in the AWS or on vSphere®, the migration will involve Velostrata. The service connects to the disks of virtual machines and transmits data to Google Cloud by means of Cloud Extensions.
Our Experience
Implemented by Selectel cloud integration team
Migrated within the one project with the help of Selectel engineers
Migrated from customer infrastructures to the cloud
Migrated within the one project to the Selectel cloud
Migration Services
Standard
Infrastructure audit object
- Virtual machines
- Dedicated servers
Migration
No architecture change
Testing of the new infrastructure
- Functional
Network environment setup
Without changing the logical structure
Database migration
Without changing the type of DBMS
Disaster Recovery
On request
IT infrastructure support
On request
Advanced
Infrastructure audit object
- Virtual machines
- Dedicated servers
- Software
- DBMS
Migration
Into new cloud-optimized architecture
Testing of the new infrastructure
- Functional
- Load
Network environment setup
For new architecture
Database migration
With a change in the type of DBMS
Own architect
On request
TCO
On request
Development and support of CI/CD
On request
Disaster Recovery
On request
IT infrastructure support
On request
Premium
Infrastructure audit object
- Virtual machines
- Dedicated servers
- Software
- DBMS
Migration
Into new cloud-optimized architecture
Testing of the new infrastructure
- Functional
- Load
- Vulnerability Scan
Network environment setup
For new architecture
Database migration
With a change in the type of DBMS
Recommendations for optimizing cloud applications
Own architect
TCO
Development and support of CI/CD
Disaster Recovery
On request
IT infrastructure support
On request
Standard | Advanced | Premium | |
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Infrastructure audit object |
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Migration | No architecture change | Into new cloud-optimized architecture | Into new cloud-optimized architecture |
Testing of the new infrastructure |
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Network environment setup | Without changing the logical structure | For new architecture | For new architecture |
Database migration | Without changing the type of DBMS | With a change in the type of DBMS | With a change in the type of DBMS |
Recommendations for optimizing cloud applications |  | |  |
Own architect | | On request | |
TCO | | On request | |
Development and support of CI/CD | | On request | |
Disaster Recovery | On request | On request | On request |
IT infrastructure support | On request | On request | On request |
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