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IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration

Key Points

  • Companies must rapidly scale and migrate large data volumes to the cloud without incurring excessive costs or downtime.
  • IBM Cloud’s Mass Data Migration offers a physical, encrypted transfer solution for moving terabytes to petabytes of data securely and affordably.
  • Customers can order a migration device via the IBM portal, power it on, select data, and ship the device back for automatic offload into cloud object storage.
  • Once uploaded, the data is instantly accessible in the IBM Cloud and can be moved to new applications, while the device is securely wiped after use.
  • This service simplifies on‑premise storage cleanup, database consolidation, and data‑center decommissioning while keeping migration costs low.

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# IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNSlUoswvss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNSlUoswvss) **Duration:** 00:01:59 ## Summary - Companies must rapidly scale and migrate large data volumes to the cloud without incurring excessive costs or downtime. - IBM Cloud’s Mass Data Migration offers a physical, encrypted transfer solution for moving terabytes to petabytes of data securely and affordably. - Customers can order a migration device via the IBM portal, power it on, select data, and ship the device back for automatic offload into cloud object storage. - Once uploaded, the data is instantly accessible in the IBM Cloud and can be moved to new applications, while the device is securely wiped after use. - This service simplifies on‑premise storage cleanup, database consolidation, and data‑center decommissioning while keeping migration costs low. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNSlUoswvss&t=0s) **IBM’s Secure Mass Data Migration** - IBM Cloud provides a physical‑device service that lets customers order a shipped, encrypted appliance, load terabytes or petabytes onto it, return it for automated offloading into cloud object storage, and have the device securely erased—all in a few simple steps. ## Full Transcript
0:00as companies look to meet growing 0:01customer demand you'll need to scale up 0:03fast in order to stay ahead 0:05that means deploying new applications 0:08and moving critical business data to a 0:10new cloud environment without breaking 0:12the bank 0:12but getting terabytes even petabytes of 0:15data to the cloud can be tricky 0:17constrained bandwidth security concerns 0:20extended downtime any of which can make 0:23your task more stressful than it should 0:25be that's why IBM cloud introduced mass 0:29data migration a physical data transfer 0:32method that enables you to quickly 0:33securely and affordably move large 0:36workloads to the IBM cloud with just a 0:39few steps on the IBM customer portal you 0:42can request a mass data migration device 0:44be shipped to your location of choice 0:46that's right Hawaii Japan your old high 0:50school's cafeteria space um maybe not 0:54those last two when you receive the 0:57device simply power it on 0:59select the data you want to move and let 1:01the mass data migration device take care 1:03of everything else 1:04don't worry all of your data is 1:06encrypted so it will be safely stored 1:09once complete use the provided shipping 1:12label and mail the device to the 1:13originating data center when received 1:16every bit of the data is immediately 1:18offloaded into your cloud object storage 1:20bucket where it's easily accessible and 1:22if you'd like you can freely move it to 1:25a new application in the IBM cloud after 1:27everything is transferred the device is 1:30securely wiped of any trace of data you 1:32had inside whether it's freeing up 1:35on-premise storage space consolidating 1:38data bases or decommissioning data 1:40centers mass data migration makes it 1:43easier to get your job done at a low 1:45cost jumpstart your move to IBM cloud 1:49for more information or to order go to 1:52IBM comm cloud mass data migration 1:56[Music]