Challenges of moving data into the cloud
In order to start building HPC applications on the cloud, you need to have data on the cloud, and also think about the various elements of your data life cycle in order to be able to manage data effectively. One way is to write custom code for transferring data, which will be time-consuming and might involve the following challenges:
- Preserving the permissions and metadata of files.
- Making sure that data transfer does not impact other existing applications in terms of performance, availability, and scalability, especially in the case of online data transfer (transferring data over the network).
- Scheduling data transfer for non-business hours to ensure other applications are not impeded.
- In terms of structured data, you might have to think about schema conversion and database migration.
- Maintaining data integrity and validating the transfer.
- Monitoring the status of the data transfer, having the ability to look...
