Upgrading storage systems, load balancing, and reallocating storage across tiers all require the often painful process of data migration. ESG research indicates that 75% of storage users experience problems with data migrations, including extended or unexpected downtime and application performance issues – and this comes after weeks of planning and the involvement of multiple IT professionals.

Traditional methods of data migration are inherently disruptive, but today there are new methods that reduce planning cycles, downtime and data risk. Read this expert research to benchmark your data migrations as well as to learn about new techniques that mitigate downtime, risk and planning and execution time.