02 - Configuring a Migration Workstation (For One Concurrent Migration)
Recommended Location
A migration workstation configured this way can be located in any of the following locations:
- in your office
- in your data center
- on the same network as the customer's server (if they are moving from an on-premise application)
Hardware Specifications
Standard Specs
(For Firms with less than 100 total users - including inactive users.)
Recommended Hardware
* No Old Parts: No PC should be used that has a CPU, RAM, SSD Hard Drive(s) with a model number that was first manufactured more than three years ago.
** If you are migrating from an on-premise application that stores documents on a local server/file share, then you do not need the additional storage.
Enterprise Specs
(For firms with more than 100 total users - including inactive users)
Recommended Hardware
- Windows 11 Pro. A fresh installation that is has never been attached to a domain.
- Wired internet connection. This means there is some form of wire connection that is unbroken from your PC to the internet. This would exclude using satellite, or a cellular based modem that you connect your PC to using a wire as there is a portion of the connection path that is not wired.
- 100Mbit+ Internet Connection. This means the migration workstation must have an internet connection with sufficient speeds for facilitating a data backup.
- i7-12700K Processor* or above
- 128 GB of RAM* or more
- At Least three PCIE4+ M.2 SSDs that *:
- Are 4,000GB in Size
- Supports read/write speeds of at least 7000mb/sec.
- In aggregate, are twice the size of any documents that will be backed up from any cloud-based systems. **
* No Old Parts: No PC should be used that has a CPU, RAM, SSD Hard Drive(s) with a model number that was first manufactured more than three years ago.
** If you are migrating from an on-premise application that stores documents on a local server/file share, then you do not need the additional storage.
Review this article for instructions on how to determine the recency of a device.
Required Software Configuration
Once the above system is available, please install the following software on exactly as specified.
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