Cloud Migration Explained: How the 6 Rs Framework Helps Sort Every Workload
The '6 Rs' is an industry-standard framework that helps engineers and architects decide what to do with each application during a cloud migration. The six strategies — rehost, replatform, repurchase, refactor, retire, and retain — each represent a different trade-off between migration effort and cloud benefit gained. Rather than treating an entire application portfolio as a single migration project, teams are advised to evaluate each workload individually and assign the most appropriate strategy. Two of the six options, retiring unused apps and retaining others on-premises, involve no migration at all and can eliminate significant wasted effort. Experts note that a typical portfolio contains 10–20% of applications that are no longer in use, making a discovery pass before any migration a critical first step.
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