Overview

Background

Conventional on-premises storage servers cannot meet the storage demands for massive amounts of data. The main reasons are as follows:

• Storage capacity is subject to hardware devices. If the storage capacity becomes insufficient, you need to purchase disks and expand the capacity manually.
• The initial deployment requires high investments and a long construction period, but it quickly lags behind as enterprise services change so fast.
• Network information vulnerabilities, technical vulnerabilities, and unintended operations may result in security risks.

In contrast, OBS provides massive, stable, and secure cloud storage capabilities. With OBS, you do not need to worry about the storage capacity because it can be expanded infinitely. OBS can store unstructured data of any type and size. OBS ensures high stability and security for your data, featuring a multi-level reliability architecture, server-side encryption, log management, and permission control. In terms of the cost, OBS is available upon service subscription, eliminating the need for the investment in physical server deployment and maintenance.

Huawei Cloud provides diverse migration solutions to help you migrate data from your on-premises storage servers to OBS in a cost-effective, secure, and efficient manner. You can select a suitable migration solution according to your data volume, time arrangement, and budget.

Migration Solutions

Table 1 describes the migration solutions provided by Huawei Cloud.