Out of the server room. Into the data center.
The server under the desk or in the storage closet is a thing of the past. Dawico guides your migration to a professional data center - planned, tested and without unnecessary downtime. Whether physical servers, virtual machines, email systems or specialized infrastructure.
DAWICO STRENGTH: We have carried out hundreds of migrations - from individual mailboxes to complete data center relocations. Our standard: zero downtime wherever possible. And where a short maintenance window is required, we plan it so that your team hardly notices.
The path to the data center
From inventory to follow-up support - our proven migration process in 5 steps.
From the server room to the data center
A professional data center offers what an office server room cannot: redundant power supply, climate control, physical security and a network connection that grows with your company. The move is less involved than you think - if you plan it correctly.
- Redundant power supply (UPS + diesel) instead of a single outlet with a power strip
- Professional climate control instead of an open window in summer and heating in winter
- Physical security with access control, video surveillance and fire alarm system
- Meeting compliance requirements: ISO 27001, GDPR and industry-specific regulations
- Scalable network connection from 1 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s - without having to run new cabling
- Cost savings: no dedicated air conditioning, no power at server-room prices, no UPS maintenance
Our migration process
Every migration follows a proven process. No step is skipped, no risk is ignored.
- Inventory - We record your entire IT infrastructure: servers, network, applications, dependencies, licenses
- Planning - Migration plan with a defined time window, sequence, fallback strategy and responsibilities
- Test migration - We migrate in our staging environment and check whether all applications and services work correctly
- Production migration - Carried out in the agreed maintenance window with minimal downtime. Critical systems run in parallel
- Follow-up support - Monitoring of the new environment, performance optimization, documentation of the new infrastructure
- Rollback plan: For every step there is a defined way back, in case something does not go as planned
Email & Exchange migration
Email migrations are delicate because every lost mail is a problem. We migrate mailboxes, calendars, contacts and rules completely - without your team noticing the difference.
- On-premise Exchange to Microsoft 365 (M365) - including a hybrid phase for a seamless transition
- Exchange to Exchange - version upgrades or a move to new hardware without data loss
- IMAP migrations from any mail server (Dovecot, Zimbra, Kerio, etc.) to Exchange or M365
- Zero-downtime approach: MX records are only switched once all mailboxes are synchronized
- Complete migration of mails, calendars, contacts, tasks, rules and signatures
- DNS changes (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC) coordinated and tested so that no mails are lost
- Follow-up support: After the migration we check whether all clients (Outlook, mobile devices) are correctly connected
HFT & low-latency infrastructure
In high-frequency trading, microseconds decide outcomes. Dawico provides the infrastructure that algorithmic trading systems need - with the lowest latency and maximum availability.
- Colocation directly at the most important German exchange locations with the shortest line paths
- Connection to BCIX (Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange) and DE-CIX for minimal latency to trading venues
- Dedicated hardware without shared resources - no performance fluctuations caused by other users
- Network connectivity via carrier-neutral data centers with access to international exchanges
- Kernel tuning and network optimization: CPU pinning, IRQ affinity, kernel bypass (DPDK), jumbo frames
- Redundant power and cooling systems for uninterrupted 24/7 operation
- 24/7 monitoring and on-site physical hardware support - hands-on support within minutes
- Latency measurements and performance reporting as proof of the values achieved
Virtual machines & operating systems
Whether you want to virtualize physical servers, switch between hypervisors or update operating systems - we migrate your workloads cleanly and with minimal interruption.
- P2V conversion (physical to virtual) - moving physical servers into virtual machines, including drivers and configuration
- Hyper-V to Proxmox or vice versa - hypervisor switch without reinstalling the guest systems
- VMware to Proxmox - migration away from VMware licenses toward open-source virtualization
- Windows Server upgrades (2012 R2, 2016, 2019 to 2022) - in-place or as a clean migration to a new VM
- Linux migrations: distribution switch (CentOS to Rocky/Alma), major version upgrades, container migration
- Application migration: databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL), web servers, file servers - we test every application after the migration
- License consulting: Which Windows Server license do you need in the new environment? We clarify this before the migration