Which migration strategy moves workloads with minimal changes?

Which migration strategy moves workloads with minimal changes?

• A. Re-platform adjusts to cloud services
• B. Retire workloads
• C. Lift-and-shift moves workloads with minimal changes
• D. Refactor redesigns for cloud-native architectures

Answer: (C)

Moving workloads with minimal changes is lift-and-shift, also known as rehosting. It means migrating the application, its data, and dependencies to the cloud with little or no modification to code, architecture, or configuration. This preserves existing functionality while letting you reap cloud benefits like scalability and managed hosting. It’s faster and lower risk than redesigning the app for the cloud. In contrast, re-platform involves some adjustments to run on cloud services (like swapping to a managed database), refactor means a substantial rewrite for cloud-native architectures, and retire means decommissioning the workload.

Moving workloads with minimal changes is lift-and-shift, also known as rehosting. It means migrating the application, its data, and dependencies to the cloud with little or no modification to code, architecture, or configuration. This preserves existing functionality while letting you reap cloud benefits like scalability and managed hosting. It’s faster and lower risk than redesigning the app for the cloud.

In contrast, re-platform involves some adjustments to run on cloud services (like swapping to a managed database), refactor means a substantial rewrite for cloud-native architectures, and retire means decommissioning the workload.