IT infrastructure consulting with room to grow
Overloaded servers and systems that have grown over the years deserve a plan rather than another patch. We map out the modernization and move your systems to where they run best: into the cloud, into a hybrid model or into a newly structured local environment. Cloud is one option among several, never an automatic goal.
- A free 30-minute first call, no strings attached
On-premises, cloud or hybrid
Every workload gets its own verdict, weighed by cost, risk, availability, compliance, performance and future viability. Why it should run where is documented.
On-premises
High initial investment, running costs plannable internally, slower scaling, very high control, high operating effort. Typical use: stable loads and special requirements.
Cloud
Lower initial investment, consumption-based running costs, flexible scaling, control depends on the provider, operating effort partly outsourced. Typical use: variable loads and new workloads.
Hybrid
Medium initial investment, mixed running costs, flexible scaling, high control, medium operating effort. Typical use: mixed environments.
What infrastructure consulting covers
Every service ends with a written plan, documented clearly enough that another provider could implement it too.
Network design
A network that keeps trouble local. Your network plan defines segments, VLANs and firewall rules, which makes faults and security incidents easier to contain.
Server consolidation
Every server gets a clear verdict: keep running, virtualize or switch off. Each decision comes with its cost impact, risks and expected benefit in writing.
Cloud migration
No application moves without a reason. Before any migration you get a reasoned recommendation for each one, including the running cloud costs and the alternatives.
Backup and recovery
Together we set how much data loss and downtime you can accept, as RPO and RTO. The backup, restore and restart concept is built around those two targets.
Hybrid cloud architecture
Where regulatory, data protection or latency requirements apply, we check whether on-premises, private cloud or hybrid operation fits better. Where each application runs is recorded in writing.
Capacity and performance planning
Utilization and growth show which resources you will need in the coming years. You plan for the real need, with reserves built in.
When a cloud migration pays off, and when it does not
Investment model
One-off hardware investments give way to plannable running infrastructure costs. A total cost of ownership comparison shows whether that really is the more economical path for you.
Scalability
Depending on platform and architecture, compute and storage grow or shrink with your needs.
Availability
Cloud platforms bring redundancy and high-availability features that are often harder to build on your own infrastructure. A single virtual server, however, is not automatically highly available.
Security and location
Where your data lives is part of the architecture decision, together with certifications. Hosting through Visgenix runs on request in an ISO-certified data center in Frankfurt am Main.
Automation
Where it makes sense, infrastructure as code documents and automates your setup, so changes become repeatable.
Location-independent access
Branch offices and home offices reach cloud-based services directly or through modern secure access models, without necessarily routing all traffic through head office.
Often not worthwhile: stable, predictable loads without a need to scale, special latency or hardware requirements, or when the total cost of ownership is not convincing.
RPO, RTO and recovery
The cloud does not make a backup concept obsolete. Cloud platforms do not back up everything automatically.
RPO
Recovery point objective: how much data loss is acceptable, measured as time since the last data state.
RTO
Recovery time objective: the longest time systems may be down after an outage.
Backup concept
Intervals, retention and storage locations, derived from the RPO targets.
Restore and restart
Restores are tested; sequence and responsibilities are documented.
How an infrastructure migration runs
After each phase you decide whether the project continues.
Analysis and assessment
Nothing is planned on assumptions. We record your hardware, network, storage systems and applications in detail.
Architecture design
The target architecture is designed for the users and data volumes of the coming years, so growth does not mean starting over.
Implementation
The migration runs in phases, with downtime kept as short as possible. Every phase has a restore point and a rollback plan in place before it starts.
Validation and optimization
Once the migration is done, performance, availability and capacity are validated. If you wish, we then take over ongoing monitoring.
What infrastructure really costs
One-off costs
Hardware, licenses and migration.
Running costs
Power, maintenance, support, backup, network and cloud usage.
Staff effort
Operating effort, whether internal or external.
Risk
Risk of outages and replacement purchases over the term.
What drives effort and duration
Number of systems
Servers, applications, sites and data volume to be assessed and, where needed, moved.
Dependencies
Legacy applications with special requirements lengthen analysis and migration.
Downtime window
How much interruption your business can take determines sequence and pace.
Assessment only, or migration too
The assessment provides the basis for the decision. The migration is a separate order.
Frequently asked questions about infrastructure consulting
Related consulting
Every infrastructure decision also shapes security, delivery and day-to-day operations.
- LeistungSecurity and complianceArchitecture and access reviewed, with backup planned so incidents remain recoverable.
- LeistungProject deliveryYour migration, steered with milestones, rollback points and acceptance.
- LeistungHosting and cloud (German)Visgenix hosts your systems in an ISO-certified data center in Frankfurt am Main.
See your infrastructure clearly, costs included
We map systems, costs and bottlenecks and show you which architecture makes sense, technically and economically.