Data Migration Project
Monday, February 12, 2007 at 16:20 Tomorrow we will begin a project to move the entire body of NLA Digital data from our current fabric attached storage system (FAS) to a new storage area network (SAN). This will involve moving approximately 2TB of data from one set of drives to another. We will be moving the data in blocks to make the work more manageable, and expect the entire project to take as much as two weeks.
The data migration has been designed to have very little or no impact to our clients. During the migration window, users may experience a slight degradation in performance as we port the existing system onto the new hardware. It's hard to quantify exactly what this degradation will be until we start the process, but we will be monitoring the system and we are prepared to abort the process if necessary.
The new SAN will provide us with not only enough expansion to accommodate growth for the next 36 months (and possibly beyond), but should also provide improved performance to our existing services.
We will post updated information to the blog as the project moves along.