How Can Enterprises Transfer Large Volumes of Files

Are you planning a large-scale file transfer project for your company? Migrating a high volume of files requires a proper plan. Equally important is to use a proven cloud migration tool and follow best practices to ensure complete success.

In this blog post, we have shared proven ways to plan and perform large file transfers for your company.

Use a Migration Tool that Supports Petabyte-Scale Migrations

One of the most important factors that determines your success in migrating a large volume of files and folders is the cloud migration tool you plan to use. Look for tools that have the capability to migrate petabytes of data without any downtime. Also, make sure that the tool you choose ensures optimal security.

At CloudFuze, we provide businesses with an industry-leading cloud migration tool, CloudFuze Migrate. We have purpose-built it to support large-scale cloud migrations involving petabytes of data and thousands of users.

Here’s an overview of our one-stop cloud migration solution:

Ensure Consistent Throughput

When planning a large file transfer project, focusing on achieving consistent throughput is key. There are several approaches that can help you do this. Using dedicated instances is one such approach. Along with files and folders, if you also have chat messages, emails, and calendar to migrate, it’s best to use several dedicated instances and run the migration processes in parallel.

This way, you can migrate all types of data simultaneously, which, in turn, helps you avoid extending the project completion timeline.

Another approach to achieve good throughput is to de-duplicate files and folders. Before starting the migration, check for duplicates of files and folders and delete them. This helps you optimize the workload and helps keep the overall migration lightweight.

Migrate in Batches to Avoid API Throttling

Transferring a large volume of files often raises the risk of overusing API calls, which, in turn, leads to API throttling. Therefore, it is important to perform the migration in batches. To do this, divide the total number of users (in your source cloud) into several equal batches and transfer them one at a time.

Validate as And When One-Time and Delta Migration gets Completed

Validation is also a crucial aspect of transferring large files from one cloud platform to another. To streamline the validation process, we recommend validating each user batch as and when they get completed.

Here’s an example of the validation sequence:

Batch 1 → One-Time Migration → One-Time Migration Validation → Delta Migration → Delta Migration Validation

Migrate Your Enterprise’s Large Volumes of Files with CloudFuze

Use our advanced cloud migration tool to transfer large volumes of files and folders without any downtime or user impact. We have experience in helping some of the world’s largest companies migrate thousands of terabytes and petabytes of data seamlessly, with enterprise-grade security.

Request a quote based on the volume of files, folders, and users you want to migrate.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Which is the best large file transfer service?

CloudFuze Migrate is one of the best large-scale file transfer solutions in the industry. It is capable of migrating large terabytes of files and folders while accurately preserving embedded links, sharing permissions, version history, timestamps, external shares, and in-line comments.

2. What is the best way to transfer large files?

Using a professional cloud migration tool like CloudFuze Migrate is the best way to transfer large files seamlessly. Compared to manual methods, a tool-based approach helps you automate the entire file transfer process.

3. Is it possible to migrate 100 petabytes of files and folders between clouds?

Yes, it is possible seamlessly migrate 100s of petabytes of files and folders at a large enterprise scale with CloudFuze Migrate. Your users can continue working as CloudFuze’s migration process runs in the backgrounds. The changes that accumulate over time can be synced with the delta migration functionality.