Data Centre Relocation

ONGC was confronted with the complex task of relocating its data centre to a new facility—an initiative that involved critical operations such as seismic data processing, reservoir simulations, ERP, and key business applications. The primary challenge was to execute this move while ensuring zero data loss, minimum operational downtime, and strict business continuity, despite numerous dependencies across servers, storage, and networks.

Cygnus approached this engagement with a thorough assessment and meticulous migration plan, addressing each layer of ONGC’s application, infrastructure, and network landscape. Before the final migration, a temporary parallel environment was established to validate and test workloads. Leveraging robust data replication and synchronization solutions, the actual relocation was carefully phased to minimize disruption. For resilience, disaster recovery and backup mechanisms were set up at the new site, fortifying ONGC’s infrastructure against unforeseen risks.

This methodical approach enabled ONGC to accomplish its data centre move with no unplanned downtime and without a single instance of data loss. Reliability and efficiency at the new location saw marked improvements, offering the scalability required for ONGC’s forward-looking digital initiatives. The company’s disaster recovery and business continuity postures were significantly strengthened for long-term resilience.