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Data Migration Risk Calculator

Row count, downtime tolerance, and rollback complexity - a rough risk level and a mitigation checklist.

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Medium risk

Mitigation checklist for medium risk

  • Run a full dry-run migration on a staging copy of the data first
  • Have a tested rollback script ready before starting
  • Schedule during a lower-traffic window and notify affected teams
  • Take a verified backup and confirm it restores correctly before starting

A planning aid based on simple rule-of-thumb scoring, not a guarantee - every migration is different. Use this to prompt the right conversations, not as a final verdict.