Data Center Relocation and Migration
Cold Migration Services
Planned downtime window moves where systems are fully shut down before relocation.
Cold migration is the traditional approach to data center relocation: schedule a maintenance window, shut everything down, move it, bring it back up at the new location. While it requires planned downtime, cold migration remains the most cost-effective and logistically straightforward method for many organizations, particularly those with well-defined maintenance windows and applications that can tolerate scheduled outages. DataTech Logistics optimizes cold migration execution to minimize the duration of that downtime window.
Capabilities
Key features
Maintenance Window Optimization
Move plans engineered to fit within your approved downtime window, with time-boxed phases and go/no-go checkpoints.
Clean Shutdown and Startup Sequencing
Coordinated shutdown procedures that respect application dependencies, followed by sequenced power-on and service restoration at the destination.
Rollback Time Budgeting
Every cold migration plan reserves sufficient time within the window for a full rollback if critical issues are encountered during reinstallation.
How It Works
Our process
Discovery & Planning
Site surveys, dependency mapping, risk assessment, and detailed runbook creation tailored to your environment.
Execution
Skilled technicians perform the physical work with real-time project management oversight and quality assurance.
Validation & Handoff
Physical checks (power-on, link lights, labels and photos), as-built documentation, and on-site support while your IT team confirms systems are operational.
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Full-Facility Data Center Moves
Moving an entire data center at once: every rack, server, storage array and cable de-installed, transported and re-installed at the new site.
Lift-and-Shift Data Center Moves
Same-configuration physical relocation where equipment is moved as-is to a new facility.
Zero-Downtime Migration Logistics
Physical logistics for parallel-build migrations: we build the destination, support your IT team's cutover on site, then remove the source hardware.
Important: DataTech Logistics provides physical logistics and installation for storage hardware. We do not host, back up, store, encrypt, or administer customer data, and have no access to customer systems. Our responsibility is limited to the secure physical handling and transport of the equipment itself.
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