An Introduction to Migration
Alibaba Cloud offers comprehensive services and resources to ensure a smooth migration. Users can choose to migrate their data to Alibaba Cloud through self-guided materials, or opt to outsource their migration to either Alibaba Cloud's Migration Service or a trusted Alibaba Cloud Partner.

Why Alibaba Cloud?

  • Price
    Alibaba Cloud is cost effective. Reduce hassles and O&M costs by moving to the cloud.
  • Infrastructure as Code
    Treat infrastructure as code. Version your systems the way you version your code, and benefit from easy deployment, rollback, and testing.
  • China Presence
    A unified platform across all our global data centers, including Mainland China.

Pre-Migration Considerations

Capacity Evaluation Planning
Capacity Evaluation Planning
Capacity Evaluation Planning is important for assessing the current situation, and forecasting future resource usage.
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Cloud Architecture Design
Cloud Architecture Design
Unlike traditional architecture, cloud platforms ensure high service availability through a distributed architecture.
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Migration Methodology
Migration Methodology
Moving to the cloud is a big step. Prior to migrating to the cloud, it is important to consider all benefits and possible risks.
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Migration Solution Architectures

Web Hosting Migration
Web Hosting Migration
Migrate a WordPress website to Alibaba Cloud.
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Image Migration
Image Migration
Image migration is one of the first steps in migrating to the cloud. A complete copy or "mirror" of a host system's operating system, data, and applications is made, which can be used to create an ECS instance set up identically to the host system.
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Database Migration
Database Migration
Migrate your databases to Alibaba Cloud quickly and efficiently, or just create a backup of your on-site databases to allow quick recovery from failures.
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Storage Migration
Storage Migration
When moving to cloud, keeping existing NAS or NAS-style storage solutions in place can be a challenge. Alibaba Cloud provides two methods to allow easy migration of existing file storage solutions to the cloud.
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Interested in doing business in China?

  • China Gateway
    We know what it takes to be successful and secure in China. China Gateway is an easy one-stop solution for your company to access our advanced cloud infrastructure and do business in China.
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  • ICP Registration Support
    Learn how to obtain an ICP Filing or ICP Commercial License to host your website in Mainland China.
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Security and Compliance

We are committed to providing stable, reliable, secure, and compliant cloud computing infrastructure services across major jurisdictions around the world.
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  • GDPR
  • PCI DSS
  • MPAA
  • DJCP MLPS
  • CSA STAR
  • AICPA

Featured Products

Elastic Compute Service
Host your applications on high quality hosts with the latest intel CPUs and lots of memory.
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ApsaraDB for RDS
Configure and manage databases easily with Alibaba's RDS service.
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Data Transmission Service
Synchronize databases or even perform full migrations from one database type to another with Alibaba Cloud's DTS service.
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Resources

Setting up a Highly Available NAT
Setting up a Highly Available NAT
Documentation
ECS Linux Instance Migration
ECS Linux Instance Migration
Documentation
Mount OSS as Local Filesystem
Mount OSS as Local Filesystem
Documentation
Site-to-site VPN: CT MPLS IPCN
Site-to-site VPN: CT MPLS IPCN
Documentation
How to Set up a VPN Using OpenVPN
How to Set up a VPN Using OpenVPN
Documentation

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