Elastic Cloud Migration for a Century-Old Poultry Processor in the USA
Client
The client is a 100+ year old, family-owned poultry processing company based in the USA. They specialize in high-quality cooked and raw chicken products for the foodservice, retail, and industrial sectors, with a reputation for operational excellence.
Project Context
The client was operating an on-prem Elasticsearch deployment and wanted to migrate approximately 30TB of data to Elastic Cloud. They needed to set up a cloud-native ingestion strategy, preserve historical data, and transition to using fleet agents for management.
Challenges
- Data sensitivity and scale (~30TB)
- Real-time ingestion pipeline cutover
- Managing SSO and post-migration observability setup
Solution
- Deployed a new Elastic Cloud environment with optimal sizing
- Used snapshot-restore from GCS for legacy data
- Migrated all custom dashboards, ILM and agent policies
- Configured Azure AD integration for SSO
Project Objectives
- Cloud readiness assessment and deployment sizing
- Migrate 30TB+ of historical data
- Migrate existing ingestion pipelines, dashboards, and policies
- Integrate with Azure AD for secure SSO
Solution Delivery
SquareShift implemented a multi-phase Elastic Cloud migration strategy including data transfer, fleet migration, and full security configuration. They provided ongoing support and training to ensure successful adoption.
Testimonial
SquareShift’s migration helped us modernize our operations with zero disruption
