Reimagining university libraries with AWS: University of Maryland’s six-month cloud migration
Public Sector Blog
The University of Maryland Libraries successfully migrated their entire data center infrastructure to AWS in just six months, addressing critical challenges with aging hardware and staffing constraints.
- Migrated 58 virtual machines and 95 TB of storage to AWS
- Transitioned Kubernetes clusters to Amazon EKS
- Collaborated with AWS and Trianz to complete the migration
- Achieved immediate improvements in security and performance
- Reduced infrastructure costs and shifted from capital to operational expenses
Key lessons include engaging external expertise early, prioritizing essential migration tasks, and documenting applications thoroughly. The migration freed up staff to focus on innovation and modernized the libraries' IT infrastructure.
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