Cloud Migration

Autoize recently migrated a NextCloud instance hosted on AWS configured with the S3 primary storage backend to S3FS on behalf of a major restaurant franchise operator in the southwestern US. The client had stored 2.7 TB of contract and financial…

Migrating a Postgres Database with Replication over WireGuard

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Migration, Database Administration, PostgreSQL

Migrating your Postgres application’s database is a stage of your cloud migration that requires careful planning. Unlike flat files that can be transferred with a simple rsync, databases are particularly sensitive to consistency issues as the sequence which they receive…

Migrate Large Volumes of Data with lsyncd in Real-Time

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Migration, Linux, Server Administration

lsyncd, the Live Syncing Daemon, is a robust and time-tested tool for cloud migrations that combines the delta-syncing algorithm of rsync with inotify to monitor file system events. If you need to transfer data from any source that will be…

Migrating from AWS, Azure, GCP to an Independent Cloud Provider

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Migration, Cloud Platforms, Cost Optimization

Would you like to migrate your workloads from AWS, Azure, or GCP to an independent cloud provider? If your organization is primarily using IaaS products such as VMs, Load Balancers, Block and Object Storage, you could save up to 75%…

Cloud Migration from RackSpace to Linode Saves 75% in Infrastructure Costs

Case Study

Cloud Migration, Cost Optimization, Database Performance

Autoize streamlines cloud infrastructure for leading real estate search engine, modernizes legacy servers to CentOS 7, and accelerates MySQL performance. Challenge Home.ca is one of the leading real estate search engines in Canada, attracting 7 million monthly page views from…

Moving Data From Cloud-to-Cloud with rclone

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Migration, Cloud Storage,

Best Open Source Alternative to Cloudsfer, Mover.io and MultCloud Cloud storage providers are well-known for providing promotional free storage and teaser prices to attract new users to upload data to their service. Companies like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive…

Migrating MySQL Databases with No Downtime – For Non-DBAs

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Migration, Database Administration, MySQL

Migrating MySQL databases to a new server can be among a DBA’s most daunting projects, but fear not, our cheat sheet outlines the process step-by-step that even non-DBAs can follow. There are so many considerations surrounding data consistency, minimizing or…

Encrypted Redis Replication with PeerVPN Tunnel

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Migration, Database Administration, Redis

Redis is a NoSQL database used by many modern web applications to store ephemeral data. It stores the data set completely in-memory, making it lightning fast compared to file based caches. Application caching and message queues make excellent use cases…