Conquering the Everest of Data: Navigating the Migration of a Massive 6TB AX System for a Government Regulatory Agency
Situation
Migrating a sprawling ApplicationXtender (AX) system comprising 6 terabytes of data, 20 million documents, 40 AX applications, and a staggering 1.3 billion pages is no small feat. The agency faced the daunting task of transitioning from AX while ensuring data integrity, preserving document formats (PDF, COLD, TIFF, PNG, MS Office Docs), and managing diverse document types.
Challenges
- Data Diversity – The documents ranged from single pages to extensive 38,000-page reports.
- Stringent Timeline – A tight six-month project timeline demanded meticulous planning and execution.
- Complex Format Handling – Records with mixed-format types, requiring a custom metadata format/output.
- Multi-Indexed Records – Each record could have more than one pointer, necessitating precise management.
- Parallel Exporting – To meet the agency’s 24×7 requirements, 60 concurrent exports were executed across six servers.
- Federal Oversight – Federal government regulators closely monitored the project’s progress.
- Zero User Impact – A paramount objective was to ensure that end-users experienced no disruptions.
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