Lift and Shift™ is but a part of the SoftNAS
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® stack, and as such, is part of an integrated whole. Creating an instance of
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SoftNAS® provides the basis for not only Lift and Shift™ functionality,
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and the remaining components.
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The same processes outlined in the below documentation apply to the instances or VMs designated for a Lift and Shift use case.
To create your VMware (on-premise) instance:
If creating an AWS instance:
If creating an Azure
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Virtual Machine or
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Virtual Machines:
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Note:
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Source Node Type
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Target Node Type
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Supported Target Node Storage
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VMware
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AWS
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EBS, S3
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VMware
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Azure
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Premium & Standard Disks
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AWS
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AWS
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EBS, S3
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AWS
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Azure
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Premium & Standard Disks
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Azure
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AWS
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EBS, S3
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Azure
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Azure
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Premium & Standard Disks
The following best performance minimum requirements should be kept in mind when configuring your instances for Lift and Shift™:
Memory | CPU | Network | Instance Size Recommendations | |
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AWS |
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32 GB |
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8 vCPU | High |
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m42.xlarge, c3.4xlarge, etc |
Azure |
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28 GB |
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8 cores | High | DS4v2, DS14v2, etc |
VMware |
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32 GB |
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