Professional research and consulting organisation YouGov has used Veeam Software’s Backup & Replication v5 ("Backup 5") to perform a migration of its core IT infrastructure from a managed service data centre in Berlin to a new location in London.
YouGov has virtualised its IT infrastructure in Berlin and then replicated the data to the London data centre to reduce the cost of transporting equipment and data and eliminate concerns about having compatible storage and other hardware on-site at both Berlin and London.
The migration of data that is measured in terabytes was performed over several days using Backup 5’s speed to minimise the size of replication windows.
Using Backup 5 has allowed YouGov to move its essential applications, such as Sharepoint and Symantec Enterprise Vault, onto the new infrastructure and have them ready to work with the minimum of disruption or overtime.
The research organisation also streamlines its backup process by using Backup 5.
YouGov Global Systems Operations director Nicholas Carter said the decision to migrate the IT infrastructure from Berlin to London was down to two very simple reasons: cost and control.
"By virtualising both environments, we found a simple way to make the migration work," said Carter.
