Migration Patterns for Applications in Cloud Computing Environments

Abstract

The trend of adopting container-based systems become increasingly relevant for companies and their IT departments. Improved scalability and shorter deployment cycles in IT production are the most mentioned benefits of the technology. The adoption of container-based technologies in an existing IT system landscape requires a consideration of migration strategies. The paper at hand examines general migration patterns for the transition of virtual systems into container-based systems from a cloud computing perspectives. Several strategies are derived for a specific use case.