The day of migration has arrived: behind the scenes of Hardware.com.br and GameVicio's move to the cloud with Skyone

Go behind the scenes of Hardware.com.br and GameVicio's migration to the cloud with Skyone, from the final tests to real-time monitoring.

In the first chapter of this series, we showed why Hardware.com.br and GameVicio needed a new infrastructure. In the second, we followed the meetings, the resource planning, and the preparation of the environment with Skyone.

After weeks of planning, the stage arrived where all of this would be put to the test.

It was time to migrate.

Moving the infrastructure of two operational sites to a new environment doesn't simply mean copying files and pointing to a different address. Before the switch, the Ramar Media and Skyone needed to ensure the new environment was ready to take over operations.

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The final tests before the turnaround

The day before, the team had already completed copying the files, configuring the settings, and running a series of load tests. The goal was to simulate the environment's behavior and discover potential problems before real users started accessing it.

The schedule was also set: the migration would begin in the morning, followed immediately by a period of monitoring the machines.

The expectation was for a smooth transition. But even after all the testing, this was still the moment when theory and planning would finally meet the real world.

GameVicio started demanding attention

With the migration underway, the teams began monitoring the behavior of the servers.

That's when one of the first points of concern appeared.

The GameVicio machine load was high.

The situation was reported by the group created to monitor the project and began to be monitored by the technical team. At that time, there was no ongoing incident, but if the load remained high, further optimization adjustments might be necessary.

Shortly after, another need arose: to increase the disk space allocated to the GameVicio server.

Situations like these show why monitoring doesn't end when files are transferred.

Migration is also monitoring

Throughout the entire process, Ramar maintained direct contact with the Skyone team.

In addition to professionals dedicated to migration, the company maintains a 24/7 support structure to monitor the environment and identify changes or problems on the servers. When necessary, the team can notify the client or act directly to correct the issues.

For those on the other side managing websites that continue to receive traffic, this proximity makes all the difference.

There's an inevitable sense of anticipation when infrastructure that's been used for years is being replaced. Testing reduces risks, planning reduces uncertainties, but it's only when the systems are running in the new environment that the machines' true behavior begins to emerge.

That's exactly what we started seeing with Hardware.com.br and GameVicio. The files were copied, the settings were ready, and the tests had been performed.

In the last episode of this series, we show the result of this change: how Hardware.com.br and GameVicio performed after the migration, what adjustments still needed to be made, and the final assessment of the project with Skyone.

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