Audience
Egnyte account Admins who need to migrate content onto the Egnyte Cloud.
Context
Egnyte gives users the freedom to access files from anywhere, increasing productivity. So it’s important to get the files in Egnyte as quickly as possible. This guide will help in making a more informed decision about the tools that can be used to migrate to Egnyte.
The method used to migrate data, users, and permissions depends on the total amount of data being transferred, the number of objects (files and folders combined), where the data is stored, the available bandwidth, and other factors. Remember, users can easily upload and sync files and folders stored on their local machines, too. Point them to the article A User's Guide to Adding Content to Egnyte.
Guide to Choosing a Migration Method
Understanding The Options
On-Premises to Egnyte Migration
Data Migration from Other Sources
Advantages of Professional Services
Understanding The Options
There are many ways to get data onto Egnyte, but the trade-offs of each method must be taken into consideration. These considerations include:
- Location of Data - Where does the source data reside?
- Ease of Use - How easy is it to install and use the tool?
- Cost - Is there a short or long-term impact on costs for a given migration method?
- Error Management - Can the tool provide a list of errors that may have occurred?
- Resiliency - How easy is it to retry migrating files that failed?
- Reporting - Does the tool provide stats on progress, validation on what was completed?
- Sanitization/Normalization - Does the tool identify files on the source that are incompatible with Egnyte naming protocol? And can it rename them so they can be migrated?
- Permissions - Can the tool migrate permissions to Egnyte?
- True-Ups - Can the tool be used to compare the source and destination to determine what has changed and migrate only the deltas? This is fundamental to larger migration projects where users are continuing to make changes on the source data.
For a very small amount of data or an ad hoc upload, Egnyte Web UI, Desktop App or basic FTP/SFTP will meet the user's needs. Limitations and considerations are covered in the article A User's Guide to Adding Content to Egnyte.
For true onboarding and data migration into Egnyte, using the purpose-built Migration App or engaging the Professional Services team for a white-glove migration experience is recommended.
On-Premises to Egnyte Migration
Migration App
Migration App is Egnyte’s self-service data migration tool that enables users to easily move files, folders, and their associated permissions from an on-premises network share to the cloud. It also offers detailed migration reports and logs; the ability to sanitize file and folder names on the source; as well as True-Up data from the source to the destination for larger, more complex migration projects. Although it is a purpose-built migration tool, we recommend that only Admins with a reasonable level of technical expertise run the application.
Migration App can be self enabled by admins but following the instructions on this article.
Considerations
- Recommended for individual migration projects with no more than 10TB data and 15 million objects.
- A small Agent must be installed on a Windows host machine to access the source data. It cannot be installed on a Mac or Linux host machine.
- We recommend running no more than 4 jobs per Agent or Source simultaneously.
- The tool cannot filter for file types or exclude files/folders from source paths.
- The tool currently does not offer scheduling.
Data Migration from Other Sources
In order to migrate content from one Egnyte domain to another, or migrating content from another cloud storage service such as Drop Box, Box or SharePoint Online, reach out to our Professional Services team for a customized proposal.
Advantages of Professional Services
Egnyte Professional Services offers extensive expertise in navigating the challenges of migration. Many of our customers find they prefer to leverage this skilled team to receive white-glove service, personalized for their specific needs and concerns. Common use cases for engaging Professional Services:
- Migrating a large amount of data or migration projects that include complex data structures, permissions or metadata requirements.
- Migrating from another cloud storage service.
- Migrating from multiple physical office locations.
- Migration projects with challenging deadlines.
- When there are bandwidth limitations and there is a need to adjust local CPU allocation to maximize efficiency of a migration.
- Limited or inexperienced internal resources to plan and manage the project
- The migration project includes symbolic links. Egnyte supports symbolic links, but when migrating to Egnyte, things can get tricky.
- Other migration needs not easily accommodated with the existing tool set, including migrating from hybrid cache servers such as Panzura or Nasuni.
Reach out to your Account Manager today so we can begin customizing your roadmap to success. If you're unsure of your Account Manager please send an email to customerservice@egnyte.com and someone will get back to you.