How Do Platforms Handle Duplicate Files During Cloud Migration?

Whether you are an enterprise or an SMB, avoiding duplicate files during your cloud migration is necessary. Have a well-defined action plan and migration strategy to handle file duplicates in cloud migration. Managing duplicate files helps you ensure reliable data in the destination cloud. In this blog post, we have covered how our tool addresses file duplicates during cloud transfer.

Key Takeaways:

  • Screenshot showing how our tool transfers duplicate files during a Slack to Microsoft Teams migration.
  • Screenshot showing how our tool transfers duplicate files during a content migration.
  • If you have the same file names in a Google Drive folder, an “Upload options” dialog box asks whether to replace or keep both files.

Whether you are an enterprise or an SMB, avoiding duplicate files during your cloud migration is necessary. Have a well-defined action plan and migration strategy to handle file duplicates in cloud migration.

In this blog post, we have covered how our tool addresses file duplicates during cloud transfer.

Managing Duplicate Files During Cloud Migration with CloudFuze Platform

  • File Duplicates Handled During Message Migration

If you have multiple files with the same name in a channel/space/direct message, during transfer the second file will be labeled as [1].

The screenshot below shows how CloudFuze Migrate transfers duplicate files during a Slack to Microsoft Teams migration.

how CloudFuze Migrate transfers duplicate files during a Slack to Microsoft Teams migration.

  • File Duplicates Handled During Content Migration

If you have multiple files with the same name, during content migration, our tool will treat the second file as [1].

Source Image: The screenshot below shows file duplicates in the Google Drive folder of user E.

shows file duplicates in the Google Drive folder of user E.

Destination Image: The screenshot shows content migration transfer from user E to user M. Image shows migration of file duplicates handled in the new Google Drive folder after migration using our tool.

shows content migration transfer from user E to user M

How Can I Manage Duplicate Files on Google Drive?

One might wonder if they can find duplicate files in Google Workspace and delete them before proceeding with the migration from the source cloud. The answer is YES!

If you have files with the same name in a Google Drive folder, you will see a “Upload options” dialog box asking whether you want to replace or keep both files. You can choose to replace the existing file if you don’t want to keep both files.

How Can I Manage Duplicate Files on Google Drive

Handle Duplicate Files Seamlessly During Migration with CloudFuze Migrate

Our migration tool can help you transfer your necessary data and metadata while smoothly handling duplicate files during migration. With us, you can seamlessly transfer large amounts of data with zero downtime and complete replication.

Contact us for a free and no-obligation demo of our tool!

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I prevent file duplication when migrating data to cloud storage?

You can prevent file duplication when migrating data to cloud storage through an intensive pre-migration analysis in your source cloud. Make a deep assessment of what kind of data you have in your current platform, the data you will move, etc. Then remove obsolete data and archive the unnecessary data.

2. What are the risks of keeping duplicate files in cloud migration projects?

You run into the following risks if you keep duplicate files in cloud migration projects:

  • Data storage exceeded at the destination cloud rather than the planned transfer storage
  • Additional expenses due to exceeding storage
  • Requires extra work to separate duplicate files from your overall data after migration.

3. How to eliminate duplicate records?

Users can eliminate duplicate records by having a thorough check after working on the specific platform or application. For example, you can check out the official page of Microsoft providing solutions on finding and removing duplicates in Excel and OneDrive.

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