blissful mist
Hi everyone,
I’ll be starting an AWS to GCP migration project soon, but I haven’t worked on this type of migration before. I’d really appreciate any guidance on how to prepare, best practices to follow, common challenges, or helpful resources.
If anyone has experience with similar migrations, I’d love to hear your advice. Thanks in advance!
lilac spindle
Start small avoid migrating everything at once!
"Assess, Plan, Migrate, Optimize"
Google Cloud recommends a four-phase approach to avoid a risky
"big-bang" migration:
• Assess: Inventory all current AWS resources (VMs, databases, storage, networking) and map their dependencies to prevent interruptions.
• Plan: Map AWS services to their GCP equivalents (e.g., S3 to Cloud Storage, RDS to Cloud SQL, EC2 to Compute Engine).
• Migrate: Execute the move in stages, starting with non-critical workloads to minimize risk.
• Optimize: After the move, right-size your resources and set up cost controls to take full advantage of GCP’s efficiency.
2. Essential Tools to Use
Google provides several managed services specifically designed to make this move easier:
• Migration Center: A unified platform to manage the end-to-end journey from AWS to GCP.
• Migrate to Virtual Machines: Allows for agent-less "lift and shift" of AWS EC2 instances directly to Google Compute Engine with minimal downtime.