Inside a 34-Petabyte Migration: The True Cost of Moving a Digital Mountain

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The true cost of a large-scale data migration isn’t in the storage, it’s in the movement.
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The true cost of a large-scale data migration isn’t in the storage, it’s in the movement. Every file has history, metadata, and risk. Every storage platform has bottlenecks. Every misstep can cost you time, money, and trust.