Build & maintain complex distributed systems
October 1–2, 2017: Training
October 2–4, 2017: Tutorials & Conference
New York, NY

Best practices in data migrations

Andrew Fong (Dropbox)
1:30pm–2:10pm Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Hardware, Storage, and Datacenters
 Location: Nassau

Who is this presentation for?

  • SREs, managers, and directors

Prerequisite knowledge

  • A basic understanding of capacity planning, networking, and systems

What you'll learn

  • Explore Dropbox's migration strategies, with a focus on durability

Description

In 2016, Dropbox migrated over 600 petabytes of data from managed cloud storage into its own data centers. This effort, which involved over 100 people, required extreme levels of coordination and a focus on detail.

Andrew Fong shares lessons and best practices for data migrations learned from this experience. You’ll learn about how to plan migrations, durability and verification, and how to prevent burnout of the team during such events.

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Andrew Fong

Dropbox

Andrew Fong is an engineering director at Dropbox, where he is responsible for the Development Infrastructure Platform. In the past, he was responsible for storage, telemetry, and production systems. Previously, he was an SRE at YouTube and AOL.