Before we get started, we have to understand your case. Take a moment to answer the following questions:
- Is a dedicated connection something you would consider? If so, is your ISP ready to provide one?
- Is the cost something you are considering? If not, implementing data transfer in an old-fashioned way may be a better option as it is something you already know and understand.
- How critical are your workloads? The more important the data is, the more reliable the way of migrating should be.
- How quickly do you want your workloads transferred to the cloud? Offline methods are not always the quickest ones as they require you to order hardware and copy data to it before transporting it to the data center of your choice.
Once the preceding questions are answered, we can focus on finding the right solution for your problem. As in this section, we are considering cases where you have no or very low network bandwidth; we will not consider things...