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Lift-and-Shift Migration
Moving existing VMs, databases, and applications to cloud infrastructure with minimal re-architecture, for teams that need to exit a data center or expiring hosting contract on a tight deadline.
Cloud and Staffing
Cloud Migration
Quinoid plans cloud migrations for the weeks after go-live, not just the lift-and-shift, covering database failover and undocumented legacy cron jobs.
Before you choose a partner
Is this the right service for your project?
For organisations moving applications or data to a new hosting environment with explicit continuity and recovery needs.
When another approach may fit better
An architecture review may be a better first step than migration if the existing hosting meets your needs. Compare operational risks, ongoing costs, and migration effort before moving systems.
- What can be included in the scope?
- A dependency inventory, target architecture, migration and rollback plans, rehearsal checks, and post-cutover verification.
- What affects the cost?
- Workloads, dependencies, data volumes, uptime requirements, security controls, and support coverage affect the engagement. Compare ongoing cloud bills and migration effort as separate costs.
- How will we agree a realistic timeline?
- Inventory dependencies and test backups, rollback, and recovery before committing to cutover. Data transfer, integration checks, and an agreed maintenance window can determine the schedule.
- What should we agree about ownership and handover?
- Confirm client control of cloud accounts, billing, access policies, infrastructure code, backups, and recovery documentation. Specify monitoring and support hours in the agreement.
What should you bring to the first conversation?
Share the architecture, current cloud or hosting bills, access constraints, uptime needs, data locations, and the problem driving the change.
Share what you know now. We can clarify the remaining questions together.
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Start with context
The work, in plain language
A clear view of the problem before we shape the solution.
Cloud migration goes wrong most often not in the technical lift-and-shift, but in the weeks after go-live when nobody planned for the database failover scenario or the legacy cron job nobody documented. Quinoid plans and executes migrations from on-premises servers or outdated hosting into AWS, Azure, or GCP, treating the cutover itself as the riskiest hour of the project rather than an afterthought. We've moved monolithic .NET applications, WordPress fleets, and PostgreSQL clusters carrying a decade of undocumented schema changes — work that exposes exactly the kind of legacy quirks a slide deck migration plan never catches.
Our engineering team operates out of India, which means migration windows scheduled for 2 AM in a US client's time zone are simply daytime work for us, no overtime negotiation required. That's a meaningful cost advantage layered on top of India's deep cloud engineering talent pool. We scope every migration with a rollback plan first, then build the path forward — because a migration you can't reverse isn't a migration plan, it's a gamble.
We ask the practical questions early, involve the people who use the product, and keep the work visible as it develops.
Proof in Production
Explore the client’s challenge, our contribution, and the delivered solution.
What we can help you deliver
Focused help, shaped around the part of the journey you are in.
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Re-Platforming to Managed Services
Replacing self-managed databases, queues, and load balancers with managed equivalents like RDS, SQS, or Application Load Balancer to cut operational overhead after the initial move.
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Database Migration & Replication
Zero-downtime or minimal-downtime migration of production databases using replication tools, with extensive pre-cutover validation against row counts and checksums.
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Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Migration
Migrations that need to span two providers or keep certain workloads on-premises for compliance reasons, designed with explicit network and identity boundaries between environments.
How the work moves
Small, visible steps keep decisions timely and surprises rare.
Application & Dependency Mapping
We inventory every service, cron job, third-party integration, and hardcoded IP address the current system depends on before touching infrastructure.
Target Architecture Design
We design the destination cloud environment sized for current load plus headroom, then validate it against your compliance and data-residency requirements.
Parallel Environment Build
The new environment is built and tested alongside the existing system, so the legacy setup keeps serving traffic while we validate the migration path.
Staged Cutover with Rollback Plan
DNS and traffic shift in stages with a tested rollback procedure at each step, so a failed validation check never forces an irreversible decision under pressure.
Post-Migration Stabilization
We monitor performance and error rates for two to four weeks after cutover and tune autoscaling, caching, and indexes based on real production traffic.
What better looks like
A lower-risk move from legacy hosting to cloud infrastructure
Improved resilience, scalability, and operational visibility
A practical migration plan that avoids unnecessary downtime
05 / Why Quinoid
Experienced enough to guide. Close enough to care.
Migrations fail when the team executing them has never seen what breaks at 2 AM during a real cutover. Quinoid's engineers have migrated production systems carrying real customer traffic, not just sandbox demos, and plan accordingly.
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Every migration plan includes a tested rollback path before a single byte of production data moves.
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India-based delivery means off-hours cutover windows for US and European clients are scheduled as normal daytime work, not premium-billed overtime.
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We migrate the dependencies nobody documented — old cron jobs, hardcoded IPs, and forgotten integrations — because we map them first.
Questions people usually ask us.
How long does a typical cloud migration take?
A single application with one database typically takes four to eight weeks including validation; multi-service systems with several databases or compliance requirements can run three to six months.
Can you migrate without downtime?
For most database-backed applications, yes — we use replication-based migration tools to keep downtime to minutes rather than hours, though true zero-downtime depends on your specific architecture.
What cloud providers do you migrate to?
Most commonly AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, chosen based on your existing tooling, compliance needs, and where your team already has the most operational familiarity.
Do you migrate legacy applications with outdated codebases?
Yes — legacy .NET, PHP, and Java applications are common migration targets for us, and we flag any code that needs minor updates to run cleanly in the new environment.
What happens if something breaks after the migration?
We stay engaged through a post-migration stabilization period, typically two to four weeks, monitoring error rates and performance before formally closing the engagement.
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