VMware Migration for Both Production and Disaster Recovery Sites
Case Studies
Executive Summary
Park Place Technologies led a full-scale data migration for a large enterprise customer from VMware vSphere 7 and NetApp shared storage to Nutanix Cloud Platform with AHV, covering both Production and Disaster Recovery environments. The customer was facing rising licensing costs, operational complexity, and limited scalability, prompting the need for a modern, unified platform. Park Place designed a 6-node Nutanix AHV cluster for Production and a 5-node cluster for DR to migrate workloads in carefully planned waves, starting with lower-risk systems and progressing to business-critical ones with validation and DR testing at each stage before final cutover.
Key Takeaways
- Structured, wave-based migration reduces risk: By sequencing migrations from low-risk to business-critical workloads with validation at each stage, Park Place achieved minimal downtime while keeping operations stable throughout.
- Consolidation drives simplicity and cost savings: Replacing separate VMware hypervisor and NetApp SAN layers with a single Nutanix platform eliminated expensive licensing and support costs while reducing operational complexity.
- DR must be a priority in any migration: Park Place treated the Disaster Recovery site as equally important as Production, ensuring RF2 resiliency and conducting full DR testing before cutover.