Orient yourself in the playbook in three short moves. Locate where you are. Read the rule of the road. Choose where to start.
Identify your current encoding environment. This is a quick self-check, not a commitment. Learn more about each architecture, one click away.
Encoding runs entirely inside public cloud environments.
Pain point:
Runaway compute costs.
Encoding runs in racks you own and operate in-house or offsite.
Pain point:
Density and power limits.
Encoding runs across both your infrastructure and public cloud.
Pain point:
Workload orchestration complexity.
Encoding runs across regional locations close to viewers.
Pain point:
Hardware footprint limits and operational scale.
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Enter at your stage.
Most teams begin at Explore or Test. Few start at Migrate. None should start at Scale.
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No stage is mandatory. Skip ahead if you’ve already done the diagnostic work.
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If the data does not support the move, the playbook protects you.
Each stage is its own page. Each is reversible. Each is measurable. Click in where the work begins for you, not necessarily where this playbook begins. Most teams start at Explore and Test.
Qualify VPUs for your specific workloads and constraints before committing.
Validate economics and performance with your real workloads. Evidence, not extrapolation.
Controlled cutover. Production stays live. Reversible at every stage.
