A Journey or There and Back Again

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Seven-month migration that moves legacy databases and services into a new anycast-style fabric, constrained by no budget and IOPS limits. Team consolidates gear into a single rack, replaces brittle hand-edits with configuration automation and repeatable playbooks, and integrates older back-end systems rather than ripping them out. Outcome: predictable builds and fewer on-box mistakes, faster provisioning, and measurable operational safety improvements on network devices. Consolidated rack build and automated configs are the tangible deliverables.

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1. 0:00Introduction and setup
2. 0:24Types of jockeys in mission space
3. 4:05Legacy database integration challenges
4. 6:03Configuration and performance issues
5. 9:52Migration strategy and next steps
6. 13:08Conclusion and Q&A

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