The following table is designed to help select the most effective tool for specific data movement needs. Whether moving from legacy on-premises servers, consolidating cloud environments, or replicating data for disaster recovery, Egnyte provides specific solutions for each scenario.
| Aspect | Migration App (On-Prem) | Cloud to Egnyte Migration | External Replication | Content Bridge |
| Use Case | Moving large volumes of data from physical hardware | Merging Egnyte domains or moving from SharePoint Online | Disaster recovery and cyber insurance compliance | Ongoing sync between two Egnyte domains (preferably post-migration) |
| Sources / Destinations |
From: Windows File Server, Nasuni, Panzura To: Egnyte |
From: SPO, another Egnyte Domain To: Egnyte |
From: Egnyte To: AWS S3, Wasabi, Azure |
Between: Two separate Egnyte domains |
| Description | Use this tool to migrate data and permissions from an on-prem file server. NOTE: This cannot be used for migrating data from a cloud source. |
Use this tool to migrate site and user data from cloud sources to Egnyte. NOTE: This cannot be used for migrating data from an on-prem source. |
Use this to mirror the data in Egnyte to an external storage for backup or disaster recovery. | Use this for a 1-way or 2-way folder synchronization between two separate Egnyte domains. NOTE: This is a sync tool, NOT a migration tool |
| Where to Access | Migration Tab from the top left menu | S&G > Migrate & Replicate > Migrate | S&G > Migrate & Replicate > Replicate | Folder Menu > More Actions > Content Bridge |
| Detailed Articles | Migration App Overview | External Replication Overview | Content Bridge |